A little “clipart”-y, but could work as a sticker? The leaf shadows gobo isn’t quite up to snuff yet :^/
it was my impression that thick white fur was more prevalent in arctic wolves, as it is obviously advantageous in such an environment. dire wolves lived in a temperate, or even rather warm region, so pale fur would certainly not be my first thought when it came to the coat colouration of dire wolves, anyone else find this suspect, especially since colossal evidently worked pretty hard to make them this colour?
my thing on the #colossal #direwolves WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR #PALEOART? obviously until that dire wolf genome is released to the public (something colossal said they would do) and is analyzed by proper scientists, and assuming what they find matches with what colossal has said (which certainly isn't a guarantee) should dire wolves be depicted in a way similar to the colossal specimens- mostly the thick white fur (more on that)
Ne, pravlk obrovský není zpátky. Vyhynutí trvá navždy. To, co Colossal Biosciences vytvořily, jsou geneticky modifikovaní vlci druhu Canis lupus. Je smutné vidět, jak je veřejnosti bezostyšně lháno tolika médii.
#direwolf #canislupus #wolf #genetics #paleogenetics #ancientdna #dna #cloning #prehistoric #animals #extinction #deextinction #media #colossal #biosciences
https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/04/pravlk-obrovsky-je-zpet-kdepak-jde-jen.html
No, the dire wolf isn't back. Extinction is forever. What Colossal Biosciences created are genetically modified wolves of the species Canis lupus. It's sad to see the public unashamedly lied to by so many media.
#direwolf #canislupus #wolf #genetics #paleogenetics #ancientdna #dna #cloning #prehistoric #animals #extinction #deextinction #media #colossal #biosciences
https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/04/pravlk-obrovsky-je-zpet-kdepak-jde-jen.html
Wolf in Bissendorf gesichtet: Wolfsberater rät zur Umsicht
Seit rund drei Wochen halte sich der Wolf in der Region im Landkreis Osnabrück auf. Das Tier wurde laut Wolfsberater gefilmt.
Imo the only relevant #species definition for #deextintion is the ecological one. In other contexts this definition is absolutely silly, because it can't distinguish between a #bat and a #bird if they hunt #insects - it defines a species by their ecological #niche.
Under that definition, an elephant with hair is in fact a #mammoth because it's can live in tundra and serve as an umbrella species capable of shaping an entire #ecosystem, serving a unique role in it.
A #dire #wolf is not actually deextinct if it's not serving the ecosystem the way the OG dire wolf used to.
#biology #climate