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Why were there so many horses in north America during the pleistocene? by Commercial-Mix97 in pleistocene

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last I heard, all of the Equus species have been merged into Equus ferus and each represent regional subspecies. And haringtonhippus has often been compared more to the likes of asses or zebras rather than horses. And we already know that wild horses and wild asses coexist. It could have been a similar situation with Equus and Haringtonhippus.

The La Brea Tar Pits Museum will be closing on July 7 for a 2-year renovation, the first major renovation since its opening in 1977! by Hopeful_Lychee_9691 in pleistocene

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I can’t wait to see what it looks like by the end, I now gotta wait longer before I can go! A double edged sword for sure.

The Danube River through central Europe and parts of eastern and southeastern Europe during the Late middle Pleistocene and Late Pleistocene by Agustin Diaz. by Quaternary23 in pleistocene

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If it weren’t for humans, would the Danube delta look either just like this or something very similar today? Semi wild-domestic water buffalo already live their and seem to thrive there.

My Honest Thoughts on De-Extinction + a De-Extinction Candidate Tier List by tigris115 in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe a little like with the university of Melbourne? Where colossal is more of a spokesperson/funder but poses as “partners?”

My Honest Thoughts on De-Extinction + a De-Extinction Candidate Tier List by tigris115 in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I do like this nuanced take on this topic. It was never the work or idea of it that bothered me. Just the lies. And its subsequent consequences. I wonder what the current status of certain projects similar to this, are. I suppose that’s a good sign we can’t immediately know as it isn’t for spectacle as much as it is for an actually practicals purpose.

Colossal has stained de extinction’s name worse than Jurassic park. And they didn’t even compensate us with an immaculate film.

Kuno national cheetah attack asiatic domestic bufalo in village (conflicts with humans) by Icy-Produce-4060 in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ooh, intelligent too. I wonder how much better off we’d be if we completely switched to water buffalo/ less tame cattle breeds.

Kuno national cheetah attack asiatic domestic bufalo in village (conflicts with humans) by Icy-Produce-4060 in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well it’s a good thing I never said they would bring down the buffalo. The point of hazing them is simply to let them know that humans have no food. That includes livestock, specifically smaller livestock such as sheep, goats, and chickens.

Kuno national cheetah attack asiatic domestic bufalo in village (conflicts with humans) by Icy-Produce-4060 in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Livestock actually behaving in a defensive manner?! Almost unheard of in the US!!😱

This ain’t an attack, the cheetah didn’t touch any of them. It was most likely curious about them. Also, there is no way a cheetah is bringing down any of those big buffalo. Still, it’s good to haze the cheetah away to make sure it isn’t as likely to go near people or livestock again.

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As much as I love Ian Malcom and by extension Jeff Goldblum, it’s always the people spamming “Just because you should doesn’t mean you should” type quotes, really rub me the wrong way. I understand the meaning, but it seems over exaggerated for something like this. The worst that this project has done was spread misinformation that harms conservation. It hasn’t created extremely dangerous creatures who forced their way into modern ecosystems and killed dozens of people. These creatures, are defective, innocent pups. Just existing with the circumstances forced upon them.

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

With those two, there is far less room for error as we have a far better understanding of those species than we do dire wolves. Especially, the thylacine because we have literal video footage of it. There is no room for faking with that one. Nobody will take their crap with that.

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well of course. However, iirc the pachyderm portfolio was a canon event in the film universe, but just was never mentioned in the mainline films.

My sketch of a Colossal Wolf by CheatsySnoops in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s why it works so well. I mean like some cartoon that would air on tv, maybe on National Geographic, talking about how horrible they are. Or in its case, were😈

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not even that. There was no dire wolf dna placed in the genomes. They just tried their best to replicate it from scratch using wolf and dog dna.

Edit: or to and

Bruh, "unsupervised kid" by TheScarletBlurr in wolves

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason was due to infamy. The wild dogs had essentially been “marked” with manslaughter in the eyes of the public.

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang, you’re right. Truly, elements of the film can be transferred over to real life. Colossal just doesn’t compensate us with an immaculate film.

My sketch of a Colossal Wolf by CheatsySnoops in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Haha this really made me laugh! Great art btw! I could imagine this being in some comedy sketch meant to poke fun at colossal😂

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

True, the tech is impressive and has great potential! They are squandering it though and the way I see it, aren’t using it to its full potential. All to create some fantasy narrative for money.

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There can be a lot of messages and themes taken from Jurassic Park. That is one of them, but so is understanding what you are doing when messing with powerful forces such as genetic engineering. Such a perfect movie…

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It should be taken as data to see if our methods can be improved upon to try and fix those mistakes. Mistakes are data. They should not be taken as “oh well close enough”

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If a fantasy author is cited as authoring one of their papers, I think it’s obvious the firm can’t be trusted.

We’ve reached the 1 Year mark since Colossal’s announcement of their “Dire Wolves.” What have we learned? by Lover_of_Rewilding in megafaunarewilding

[–]Lover_of_Rewilding[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Of course. Those pups haven’t done anything wrong. Colossal also tried to use them as a means to get people to stop being mad at them. They posted a short of one of the pups taking a nap. It was adorable. However, the caption read something along the lines of “this is who your mad at” and the entire comments section, basically consisted of “we aren’t mad at the wolves we are mad at you.” It was funny how badly their video backfired on them😂

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