In the science community there have been giant steps towards seeing animals that were once extinct. The company Colossal Bioscience is making steps toward repopulating many endangered species from the Golden Skiffa, the California Condor, Dire Wolfs. Woolly Mouse (which may help create the Woolly Mammoth), the Vietnamese Pheasant in Vietnam, the Vietnamese Pheasant in Vietnam and other areas. The team at Colossal goal for the project is to gain relationship with the people, reintroducing key stone species at risk, add to biodiverse areas, and listening to the people in these areas.

“Far From Fiction” a page from Colossal Biosciences writes about the growth of 3 Dire Wolves.  One of the biggest achievements of Colossal Biosciences is the making of 3 Direwolf pups Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi. Remus and Romulus are the two older males, they have already hit a growth spurt and learning how a pack works. This is impressive for their young age and usually found in teen wolves. In one of Colossal Bioscience graphs they wolves are between the ages where they are more a teen. This stage includes going a pack for hunts and stop growing, which can be compared to a person in college. The third Dire Wolf, Khaleesi a three month old female Dire Wolf, is approaching the age where she starts growing and joining the pack.

Another step Colossal Biosciences has made recently is the Woolly Mouse. The Woolly Mouse is quite interesting as it has be modified in a way where it has several key traits needed to live in cold environments. Their fat content allows it to be natural insulated. The Woolly Mouse also has long woolly coat, with the hairs being gold in color. These key factors added to the Woolley Mouse gets us one step closer to making a Woolly Mammoth. Colossal Bioscience is planning on using an Asian elephant and using the same technology to add those traits of long shaggy hair, gold to brown coloring, and amplify fat content.

Colossal Bioscience has been making major steps toward making these amazing creatures. I truly wonder in ten years time if we have a Jurassic park situation on our hands.

Citations:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/company-seeking-to-resurrect-the-woolly-mammoth-creates-a-woolly-mouse/

https://colossal.com/direwolf/science/