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".
'Lord of the Rings' director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand's lost moa
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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Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 13 pts · 1y
This is a bit of a ship of theseus discussion, I think. Will these be moa, or something like an Emu or Ostrich that has been genetically edited to resemble a Moa?
What is the cutoff point where you can consider something to be one species or another?
pennomi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Xcf456@lemmy.nz · 10 pts · 1y
snowbirds@sueden.social · 6 pts · 1y
@Xcf456 @BaconWrappedEnigma Sounds like the idea behind Jurassic Park
neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
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.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Finally, we may solve the age old question "The Moa or the egg?"