They are making game of thrones real. Lots of whores and titties, big ass wolves, religious cults taking over government, zombies, crucifixions, people being eaten by dragons.
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theneverfox@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Also, what is the game plan here? To sell GMO exhibits to zoos? To try to do a Jurassic Park, but without dinosaurs?
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
No incest? :(
xeekei@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Be the change you wanna see in the world.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
In an ideal world, it’d be to de-extinct fairly modern things that filled a niche that is no longer being filled. This is far from an ideal world though, and the reason in this world is to make press releases to get people talking about it so they can raise more money while not creating anything of actual value.
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Okay let’s play that out… Everyone gets excited, they make big strong wolves and get funding… Now what?
They’ve got a pack of extra big wolves raised under human care. Do they kill them? Do they sell them? Do they open their own park? Do they just keep them for study? Do they just leave the gate open and let them go?
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I don’t think you read my comment. They wouldn’t bring back dire wolves that don’t have a niche in the current ecosystem. They’d bring back things that have gone extinct in the last century or so, or maybe artificially modify existing creatures to fit niches that are no longer filled. This project isn’t doing what would happen in an ideal world. It’s only making garbage to sell to investors to make a bunch of money and bail.
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I understand that, but the wolves are living things that require expert care. This isn’t some cat they can take home or some mouse they can quietly put down… They’re stuck with them
If they kill them, they’d get death threats (people are already attached). If the wolves escape, they’d get protesters. People will likely come to try to see the wolves, the wolves will try to escape and become extra aggressive if they’re understimulated
Good PR stunts don’t require you to run a zoo for the next 14 years - and whether they allow guests or not, they’ll need a team of people, including round the clock security, to take care of them
So unless they can sell them to someone, every success they have pushes them further into becoming Jurassic Park, but with less cool animals
Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Probably start with one or a few cool scientists with that original purpose, then by the time it can take life it’s gone through the enshittification machine.
GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
The point is to get people excited so they can get funding to keep developing the technologies that will make this kind of genetic engineering commercially viable
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Sure… But now they’ve got these wolves for the next 14 years
They can’t “reextinct” dire wolves or release them, so they’re now in the zoo business one way or the other
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I just watched some youtube video and they were talking about how the CIA and big moneys people are heavily invested in this company. Makes me think they’re in it to make genetically modified animals or even people for “national security” or something.
eutsgueden@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
National security? Nah, those ghouls want to live forever.
DogWater@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Gattaca
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
This is exactly it. This is just training for children customisation.
DogWater@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah everyone is asking what they are going to do with these animals they create and the answer is nothing once they get good enough at it to do it to humans lmao
qarbone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To say they did?
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
And now they have a pack of XL sized wolves… That’s not like making a glow in the dark cat, that’s either the main plan or a very big problem
Agent641@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Releasing wolves in Yellowstone stabilised the ecosystem there. Releasing direwolves on Wall St might stabilise the economy.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The wolves of wall street?
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I’d watch that
BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
Might need to make the location change to Pennsylvania Ave for a greater effect.