Colossal didn't de-extinct the dire wolf — they gene-edited gray wolves to look like them
shae_mcl · x · 2026-10-24
A widely shared claim that Colossal CEO Ben Lamm "brought the dire wolf back from extinction" is being called out as false: the company genetically modified gray wolves to resemble the extinct species.
Even Colossal's chief scientist has acknowledged the animals are genetically modified gray wolves — the dire wolf remains extinct.
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