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dire_wolf
📅 Updated:2025-05-06
🕒 Created:2017-06-16
🆔 ID:16729
Description
The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) is an extinct species of prehistoric canine and was an avid competitor against the also extinct saber-toothed tiger. Despite the name, it was not a wolf.
In 2024 Colossal Biosciences, the same company behind the woolly mouse, claimed to "de-extinct" the dire wolf. Through minor genetic modification of grey_wolf DNA, three cubs with supposed dire wolf traits were born. Despite the claims, they are genetically grey wolves, and are not an actual reemergence of the extinct Aenocyon genus.
External links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf
