Did somebody say Dire Wolf?

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 13 Apr 2025, 13:54

Nothing to see here. Move on.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180962739/

SlowToke · Post by **SlowToke** » 13 Apr 2025, 17:58

What could possibly go wrong? Next up- Sabertooth Tiger kittens!

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 13 Apr 2025, 19:33

The world doesn't need murder puppies.

Bring back the Dodo bird. That's more my speed.

Del · Post by **Del** » 14 Apr 2025, 07:39

Their goal is to bring back wooly mammoths, to repopulate the northern tundra of Russia, Alaska, and Canada.

I'm totally okay with this.

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 14 Apr 2025, 09:12

Evidently, the dire wolf wasn't really a wolf. More akin to some sort of African Wild Dog. I've seen a few experts claim we don't really know what they looked like because we've never found one frozen or mummified, only skeletons. The mental image the unextincters had was likely from a video game.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 14 Apr 2025, 10:36

We don't really know that they are actual dire wolves. It's believed by many, from past fossil material research, that the dire wolf is not actually a canius, but aeyncon, making them more related to jackets than wolves. These new puppies could be classified as mutated grey wolves or as a genetically unique species that’s never existed before.

But calling them Dire will certainly market better.

Believe what I say. I spent the entire weekend with a dire wolf obsessed amateur paleontologist grandson and I don't think we ever talked about anything else.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 14 Apr 2025, 13:31

JimVH wrote: 13 Apr 2025, 19:33 The world doesn't need murder puppies.

Bring back the Dodo bird. That's more my speed.

Have you seen the beaks on Dodo birds?
Getting pecked by one would be no bueno!

coco · Post by **coco** » 14 Apr 2025, 14:51

Dire Wolf

sweetandsour · Post by **sweetandsour** » 14 Apr 2025, 20:08

It wasn't me. Anyway, they'd better not turn one of those things loose in east TX, is all I can say.

Del · Post by **Del** » 15 Apr 2025, 10:06

Wooly Mammoth Mouse....
So far, so good.