who to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 days agoNo, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down13cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.worldscience@mander.xyz
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkNo, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionwww.newscientist.comwho to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 days agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.worldscience@mander.xyz
minus-square@mossberg590@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•11 days agoTheir “ecological niche” was eating us. We wiped them out or made them into pets. No need to bring them back!
minus-square@WoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish12•11 days agoReally? A species that was hunted to extinction after humans entered North America, and you think their ecological niche was eating humans?
minus-square@iopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-210 days agoThey weren’t hunted into extinction, their megafauna prey was. Humans outcompeted them
Their “ecological niche” was eating us. We wiped them out or made them into pets. No need to bring them back!
Really? A species that was hunted to extinction after humans entered North America, and you think their ecological niche was eating humans?
They weren’t hunted into extinction, their megafauna prey was. Humans outcompeted them