Do you think when the mammoth return, they will know where they are?
You must have better questions. Ones that might actually relate––
They’re bringing it back, in Siberia. The mammoth.
Why? Is this an Elon Musk endeavor?
No, a biotech company. To break up the moss, restore the grasslands on the tundra.
How?
Well, they are very large. They stomp around, knock over trees, fertilize. It helps––
No, how are they going to bring them back?
They’re working on a hybrid DNA. Apparently, the Asian elephant is a distant cousin.
But why?
The idea is that there will be more.
Mammoths?
No––well, yes, but what I mean is more extinctions. The thinking is that we need to intervene.
What about the wooly rhino, then?
Well, they’re not just going to start making creatures up. I mean, this isn’t a game––
No, they’re real. You have to see the baby one they found almost perfectly preserved. Named Sasha. He’s very cute.
That explains some of those cave paintings.
But what about the little mammoths they’re making? You have to wonder––
I told you. It’s a hybrid.
No, I mean what about them, really?
You mean–––
Who mothers those little guys?
You mean if the others don’t recognize them?
And how will they know where they are?
This post was inspired by this morning’s reading of My Modern Met, which led me here:
Biotech Company Raises $15 Million to Bring the Wooly Mammoth Back to Life
Extremely Well-Preserved Woolly Rhino is Discovered in Siberia’s Melting Permafrost
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