vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens nextwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down16cross-posted to: aiop@lemmy.worldsciencepalaeoecology@mander.xyz
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minus-squareStenSaksTapir@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·5 个月前I’ve said this a million times before, but if we’re playing gods anyway, can’t we make them dog sized also? I would totally get one or maybe two.
minus-squaremakyo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·5 个月前Yeah you say that until you get a tusk in the crotch
minus-squareStenSaksTapir@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-25 个月前They’ll be wearing stylish pool noodles on the tusks to minimize furniture and gonad damage. Or we create them with softer tusks. Maybe that’s better, the. They’ll also be worthless to poachers.
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 个月前What about that trunk though? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
minus-squareSpruceBringsteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 个月前If they’re like their cousins you don’t want a pet that smart. Especially with a trunk. Good luck mammoth proofing your house.
minus-squaretahoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前Even dog sized they’d probably weigh like 200Kg. Mammoths be thicc
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_mammoth
minus-squareStenSaksTapir@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前Those are closer to horse-sized, but it’s a good start.
minus-squareJovialMicrobial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前Pygmy mammoths would be adorable! Imagine them pulling sleds in the winter with jingle bells and stuff.
I’ve said this a million times before, but if we’re playing gods anyway, can’t we make them dog sized also?
I would totally get one or maybe two.
Yeah you say that until you get a tusk in the crotch
They’ll be wearing stylish pool noodles on the tusks to minimize furniture and gonad damage.
Or we create them with softer tusks. Maybe that’s better, the. They’ll also be worthless to poachers.
What about that trunk though? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
If they’re like their cousins you don’t want a pet that smart. Especially with a trunk. Good luck mammoth proofing your house.
Even dog sized they’d probably weigh like 200Kg. Mammoths be thicc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_mammoth
Those are closer to horse-sized, but it’s a good start.
Pygmy mammoths would be adorable! Imagine them pulling sleds in the winter with jingle bells and stuff.