Absolute cowards create a mammoth meatball then refuse to taste it

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You should CONSUME PRODUCT, we're just gonna do something else

“We chose the woolly mammoth because it’s a symbol of diversity loss and a symbol of climate change,” said Vow co-founder Tim Noakesmith, who collaborated with professor Ernst Wolvetang from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland to resurrect this shaggy pachyderm in food form.

Nothing says biodiversity like growing it in a dish to feed to people

In order to bring the long-dead meat back to life, scientists employed the DNA sequence for mammoth myoglobin, a muscle protein responsible for flavor. They then filled in the missing gene links with the DNA of an elephant — the ice age critter’s closest living relative.

Can't help themselves from being fake and straight, using elephant DNA to cheat

Unfortunately, no one knows how mammoth meat tastes: Scientists are hesitant to try it on account of the animal being well past its extirpation date.

DUMB

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