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'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next (www.livescience.com)
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[–] StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk 53 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah you say that until you get a tusk in the crotch

[–] StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to live in a world that has wooly mammoths with floppy tusks. It just seems wrong.

[–] StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk 1 points 2 months ago

Of course it seems wrong when you say it like that.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

What about that trunk though? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

If they're like their cousins you don't want a pet that smart. Especially with a trunk. Good luck mammoth proofing your house.

[–] tahoe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Even dog sized they’d probably weigh like 200Kg. Mammoths be thicc

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk 1 points 2 months ago

Those are closer to horse-sized, but it's a good start.

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Pygmy mammoths would be adorable! Imagine them pulling sleds in the winter with jingle bells and stuff.