Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences unveiled images and footage of "woolly mice" on Tuesday (March 4), with fur similar to the thick hair that kept woolly mammoths warm during the last ice age.
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Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences unveiled images and footage of "woolly mice" on Tuesday (March 4), with fur similar to the thick hair that kept woolly mammoths warm during the last ice age.
Ha, woolly mice!
Seems like a lot of hair for a mouse, I wonder if they overheat easily.
I mean they're cut but has anyone asked the mice how they feel? They're entire existence is a manifest of humankinds hybris.
Do you think that mouse would rather not be alive?
Idk but that's the question, isn't it
Yep, but the question isn't how happy that mouse is compared to other mice.
Yeah, fortunately (or unfortunately depending on your perspective), research rodents get better care than a non-insignificant number of humans.
Large animal research is another story though, imo.
Many, many such cases.
YES! I will buy one and train him to stomp on politicians.
Until then... I am preparing my bear buddy.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1897284477082112000/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/XMieZocGSroQHnti.mp4
I would keep him in my backyard with the raccoons.
yep, they will make a good pair for your protection.
Bears might be more trainable anyway. Work with what you've got.
Maybe we can raise them as cattle?
Just imagine how much meat you could get from just one mammoth!
yes, what could possibly go wrong
Woolly mice, someday humans might find you… delicious. Bitter truth!
A lot of money spent for unnecessary and useless research. At least me have it doesn't make sense.
That amount of money could be transferred into other (better) things
I'm all for it.
No. The might be really annoying and then we won't be able to kill them off because they'll be this great scientific achievement and endangered.
If it fits my macros ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Fuc* no! We must think we're gods! We can't protect those who are here and we want to bring extinct animals back to life. That's sick!
So ironically enough with the data we have they could be pretty big players in helping protect permafrost. While they wouldn’t reverse climate change they are believed to be able to help with the warming of that area. With permafrost melting the emissions from those areas are WILD and much much worse than people understand. We are talking massive amounts of methane!