Ricardo Harvin<p>I'm disgusted by the hyperbole but relieved the story is a lie.</p><p>No, dire wolves haven't been brought back from extinction, and I don't believe any species should be, at least for now.</p><p>We are careless and irresponsible and restoring extinct species will have negative unintended consequences that outweigh all possible positive consequences.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newscientist.com/article/24754</span><span class="invisible">07-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DireWolf</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GeneEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneEditing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpeciesRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeciesRestoration</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadScience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NewScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewScientist</span></a></p>