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  • Dire Wolf DeExtinction, fact vs fiction

    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 18 02:50:55 2025
    From the «bullshit from bullshitters» department:
    Title: Return of the dire wolf? More like a Colossal case of conservation-washing
    Author: Siôn Geschwindt
    Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:10:45 +0000
    Link: https://thenextweb.com/news/return-of-dire-wolf-colossal-case-of-conservation-washing
    Podcast Download URL: https://img-cdn.tnwcdn.com/image?fit=796%2C417&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2025%2F04%2FUntitled-design-11.jpg&signature=7ea40aba57f04ff98ec1bf610867fac2

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    US biotech startup Colossal Biosciences has resurrected the dire wolf — or at least that’s what the company would like you to believe. Social media is abuzz
    with viral videos, memes, and images of fluffy white wolf puppies. The Game of Thrones references are — predictably — omnipresent. The news even made it to
    Time magazine’s latest cover.  But behind the hype lies a dangerous de-extinction delusion that could distract from proven solutions to the biodiversity crisis. The Trump administration is already using Colossal’s claims as an excuse to slash endangered species protections. First, let’s set something straight — Colossal…

    This story continues[2] at The Next Web

    Links:
    [1]: https://img-cdn.tnwcdn.com/image?fit=796%2C417url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2025%2F04%2FUntitled-design-11.jpg&signature=7ea40aba57f04ff98ec1bf610867fac2 (image)
    [2]: https://thenextweb.com/news/return-of-dire-wolf-colossal-case-of-conservation-washing?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed (link)

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