How to resurrect a mammoth
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🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's been thousands of years since woolly mammoths roamed the earth, but the chance of seeing |
| 0:07.2 | one walking around again may not be too far away. |
| 0:12.1 | You hear that? |
| 0:13.1 | Yelp in the background? |
| 0:14.1 | That's kinda how I felt when I first heard this. |
| 0:17.2 | It sounds like a scene from Jurassic Park, but it's true. |
| 0:21.8 | Scientists at a company called Colossal are trying to use genetic engineering to bring |
| 0:25.7 | woolly mammoths back. |
| 0:27.9 | Using CRISPR genome editing technology, a team of scientists aimed to genetically resurrect |
| 0:33.4 | a woolly mammoth by 2027. |
| 0:36.3 | And all this is getting people pretty excited. |
| 0:39.2 | Can I tell you I posted this question on my Facebook page? |
| 0:42.4 | Oh boy, you gotta check that out, it is taking off. |
| 0:47.3 | I checked it out. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm new here, but at 76 years old, I say go for it. |
| 0:53.7 | I'd rather say a woolly rhino. |
| 0:55.2 | Wasn't that your Hick-Avin high school? |
| 0:57.6 | Maybe to go back and watch Jurassic Park. |
| 1:00.6 | Bring back Jesus. |
| 1:03.3 | Colossal isn't bringing back Jesus yet, but to be honest, they're not really bringing |
| 1:09.1 | back mammoths either. |
| 1:11.0 | I think to the average person, when they hear the word de-extinction, they imagine bringing |
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