Kiki's Blog

 Baiting people with Jurassic Park-esque dreams, Colossal seems to be doing something that is as much dangerous as it is fantastic. As much as I'd love to see woolly mammoths, dire wolves, dodos, the real penguins, and other fascinating animals in real life, "de-extinction" is neither the need of the hour nor the right thing to do. I cannot see any potential viability to the claims made by Colossal Biosciences. The woolly mouse they created as proof of concept seems more like a gimmick to loosen the drawstrings of investors' purse, than a practical solution to rapid extinction in the long run. From the perspective of the possible revival of Spix's macaws and North Island Kakapos, my suspicion about the real intention of this biotechnology company only grows. Bringing Back the Dead Essentially, de-extinction is bringing back the dead. The idea is to create an organism that resembles an extinct organism, as per Wikipedia. Also known as resurrection biology and speci...