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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.

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LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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- King_Bob_IV@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  As a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale
  
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  - Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Is that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?
    
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    King_Bob_IV@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Specifically from Tim Hortons, which despite not having been Canadian in ages still gets treated like a Canadian icon
    
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- pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  No idea
  
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- kamiheku@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  A delicious potato croquette
  
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Pronell@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
And it won’t be recreating the mammoth, just giving mammoth-like features to an elephant.

It’s a truly strange project.

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- Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Maybe to make it better tolerate colder climates?
  
  As if Denmark isn’t flat enough already without introducing a bunch of fluffy pachyderms…
  
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