It turns out the most extreme dire predictions were true. Hi, I'm Scott Ott with Bill Whittle and

Stephen Green. This episode of Right Angle is brought to you by the members at bill whittle.com.

And gentlemen, I am talking about the news out of a Dallas, Texas-based firm called Colossus Bioscience

that has revealed that the dire wolf, an extinct species, has been in their terms de-extincted.

And gentlemen, this is a little more subtle than the headline indicates.

They basically found some old DNA in a tooth and a skull fragment from this species of wolf that scientists believe died off about 10,000 years ago.

One of the samples they think was about 12,500 years old.

Another sample may have been about 73,000 years old.

But it's not like they just took that DNA and slapped it in a hollowed out wolf egg and then had a surrogate wolf mom carry that to term.

They actually studied the DNA that they found from the dire wolf, Steve Green, and they used that to edit the DNA in a modern wolf that had the closest DNA match that they could find as far as the

species goes. And so essentially, Steve, they're not saying this in the article, but here's what I'm

calling it. They made a replica. They made a replica of a dire wolf. They managed to bring three

cubs to term, two boys, Romulus and Remus, I think. And I think there was a girl,

but I can't remember her name. Calici. It was from the show, right? So apparently the dire wolf

appears in Game of Thrones, a show that I have never seen, a point of pride that I shall take to my grave.

But Steve, I think this brings up some fascinating

questions. We've talked before about this company because their intention is to recreate the

woolly mammoth. And their overt mission is to restore the biodiversity of Earth by being able to so-called de-extinct these creatures.

But it seems to me that a little bit of thought would indicate, well, that biodiversity has

changed so dramatically over the years that I wonder whether the dire wolf and the woolly mammoth are going to feel

at home here anymore. Right now they're living on a giant game preserve somewhere in Texas

that is fenced off with like a 10 foot high fence designed to keep them in. But Steve, is this

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