Scientists bring back dead wolves – level 2
14-04-2025 15:00
A science company in the US says it made three dire wolves. These animals died out a long time ago.
Scientists used DNA from grey wolves and added parts from old dire wolves. Then, they made baby wolves using this new DNA. The animals are now a few months old. Some scientists say these are not real dire wolves. They say the company only changed grey wolves a little. Real animals also have special bugs inside their bodies and act their way. These things are missing in the new animals. So the scientists don’t agree with the company.
The company wants people to talk about their work. It also wants to make more money. But some people say we should protect nature now and not try to bring back animals from the past.
Difficult words: dire (very serious or scary), die out (to stop existing completely), add (to put something with something else).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
What elements of the experiment led some scientists to argue that the baby wolves do not fully represent authentic dire wolves?
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