Colossal clarifies "dire wolf" claim
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'Our animals are gray wolves': Colossal didn't de-extinct dire wolves, chief scientist clarifies
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Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences announced it had brought dire wolves back from extinction.
The company's chief scientist has clarified that the animals weren't dire wolves.
Colossal 's scientists based their genetically modified wolves on dire wolf DNA, which they extracted from fossils.
Researchers were quick to criticize the claim as misleading, noting the wolves were simply genetically modified gray wolves.
Patrick Pester is the trending news writer at Live Science .
He retrained as a journalist after spending his early career working in zoos and wildlife conservation.
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