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Scientists Are Bringing Back The Woolly Mammoth And It’s All Due To Dogs

Written by: Lisa Bernier

January 16, 2015

Scientists in South Korea are attempting to use the DNA taken from blood and fresh samples of a 40,000 year-old (albeit well-preserved) woolly mammoth corpse to clone one and BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.

via a-z animals
via a-z animals

Sound crazy? Perhaps. But with the success that South Korean biotech company Sooam Biotech has had cloning dogs, they decided why not make the jump to huge extinct animals.

via PopSugar
via PopSugar

The company would most likely attempt to gestate the clone in an elephant, that being the closest species to the woolly mammoth today.

via Daily Caller
via Daily Caller

You may remember Sooam as the company that will clone your dog for you (for a hefty price).

What WILL they think of next?

Featured Image via Reddit and International Business Times

h/t to CBC

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Written by: Lisa Bernier

January 16, 2015

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