Comment on woolly mice on rice all nice
tfowinder@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Over my head.
Genetic researchers have created a breed of woolly mice loosely based on woolly mammoth phenotypes. This is supposed to be a test run before they try to do the harder job of recreating the mammoth.
But why is there a… rock? donut hole? geode? Next to the wooly mouse? I feel like it’s a pun I’m missing.
No idea
As a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale
Is that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?
A delicious potato croquette
And it won’t be recreating the mammoth, just giving mammoth-like features to an elephant.
It’s a truly strange project.
Maybe to make it better tolerate colder climates?
As if Denmark isn’t flat enough already without introducing a bunch of fluffy pachyderms…
pennomi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Genetic researchers have created a breed of woolly mice loosely based on woolly mammoth phenotypes. This is supposed to be a test run before they try to do the harder job of recreating the mammoth.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
But why is there a… rock? donut hole? geode? Next to the wooly mouse? I feel like it’s a pun I’m missing.
pennomi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No idea
King_Bob_IV@startrek.website 3 months ago
As a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Is that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?
kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
A delicious potato croquette
Pronell@lemmy.world 3 months ago
And it won’t be recreating the mammoth, just giving mammoth-like features to an elephant.
It’s a truly strange project.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Maybe to make it better tolerate colder climates?
As if Denmark isn’t flat enough already without introducing a bunch of fluffy pachyderms…