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

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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] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

I'm sure it's fine. If the moa population gets out of hand, we'll just bring back Haast's eagle.