Scientists Are Reincarnating The Woolly Mammoth To Return In 4 Years
The long-dead woolly mammoth will make its return from extinction by 2027, says Colossal, the biotech company actively working to reincarnate the ancient beast.
According to Yahoo News, the Dallas-based firm scored an additional $60 million in funding last year to continue the well, mammoth gene-editing work it started in 2021. If successful, not only will Colossal bring back an extinct species, the company dubs a cold-resistant elephant, but it will also reintroduce the woolly mammoth to the same ecosystem in which it once lived in an effort to fight climate change.
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!!
Colossal Biosciences is also trying to restore the dodo, a creature infamous for having been wiped out 350 years ago.
The startup has managed to sequence the bird's entire genome last year and plans to spend $150 million into the project. They're already attempting to bring back wooly mammoths and Tasmanian tigers.
Next, scientists will gene-edit the skin cells of the Nicobar pigeon to match the dodo. Then the genetically-altered cells will be used to create an embryo.
The dodo was hunted to extinction in 1662, just 64 years after being discovered. (dailymail.co.uk)