who@feddit.org to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 天前No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1357arrow-down1external-linkNo, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionwww.newscientist.comwho@feddit.org to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 天前message-square43linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremossberg590@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·22 天前Their “ecological niche” was eating us. We wiped them out or made them into pets. No need to bring them back!
minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 天前Really? A species that was hunted to extinction after humans entered North America, and you think their ecological niche was eating humans?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-221 天前They 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