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'Lord of the Rings' director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand's lost moa (lemmynsfw.com)

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The company plans to extract DNA from moa bones and use gene editing to modify "living birds to resemble the extinct South Island giant moa".

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Hey uhh.. I don't know if these guys have ever seen jurrasic park, but maybe we should start a go fund me to get them movie tickets before we have the moa-b roaming the streets.