>Colossal Biosciences announced a major avian advance: the first long-term culture of pigeon primordial germ cells and gene-edited chicken surrogates that won’t make their own germ cells. Together, these unlock a practical route to dodo-like eggs and outline a five-to-seven-year path to seeing the bird return. The team has established a Nicobar pigeon colony, expanded avian genetics work, and convened the Mauritius Dodo Advisory Committee to plan conservation and rewilding.https://people.com/colossal-biosciences-makes-breakthrough-in-dodo-bird-de-extinction-exclusive-11811466>Colossal Biosciences said on Wednesday it has succeeded in growing pigeon primordial germ cells, precursor cells to sperm and eggs, for the first time. This is a “pivotal step” in bringing back the dodo, which was a type of pigeon, for the first time in more than 300 years, according to Colossal.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/17/dodo-birds-gene-editing-advanceHow are they going to make it viable? The only way I see is if they modify a surrogate Nicobar pigeons' embryos with those PGCs, let them mature, mate and then lay dodo eggs. This was only done with chickens of different breeds so far, but interspecies experiments are lacking. Am I missing something?
>>16793614It’s another sham
>>16793623sure but will it work?
>>16793627Probably not for a while. This is very new and not well developed
I anticipate this thinktank having a theranos-like revelation when the investors realize their billions are going nowhere. Standard nuclei transfer has never been achieved before in birds or other creatures with hard-shelled eggs so if this company is proving that they have an inventive method to do that it would be quite an accomplishment in of itself, aside from the dodos. Considering they lied about the dire wolf and brainlets ate it up I am betting they are full of shit.
>>16793614Reminder that their wolves are genetic disasters with terrible overbites. They’ll be lucky if they can get an egg to hatch at all
>>16793754Reminder real wolves weren't perfect wolves either
>>16793758What does this mean
>>16793623>rockefeller institutestealing from them is perfectly moral
>>16793614Not real dodos if they ever make it.
>>16795493Close enough
>>16793614new superfood for Chinese to hunt back to extinction
What did dodo do to die?
>>16793614Is there well preserved dodo DNA or are they just going to do the same bullshit like with dire wolves?
>>16796259Rats and cats ate all their eggs.
>>16793614I want dodos to be real again so I can eat one.
>>16795826Scientific explanation for that first centipede seemingly exploding?
>>16796448That's probably hot oil
>>16793614"Extinct" animals are hoaxes. Dinosaurs, mammoths, dodos, all fake.
>>16798137RIP Chinese paddlefish. Turned into a hoax after its extinction in 2022
>>16793754With that kind of overbite, they should have had Matt Groening holding them.
>>16793614We arent "reviving" anything. We are taking pre-existing animals and modifying them to larp as an extinct species.
>>16798373Besides, there is no reason to revive any extinct species that wouldnt be beneficial to mankind and the environment.
