Those Dire Wolves Aren’t an Amazing Scientific Breakthrough. They’re a Disturbing Symbol of Where We’re Heading.

Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences created a trio of white wolf hybrids.

The company claims to have brought the species Aenocyon dirus back from extinction.

Exactly what Colossal accomplished, however, is opaque.

The private company did not publish a scientific, peer-reviewed paper along with its media blitz.

Colossal suggests genetically modified gray wolves genetically modified to be dire wolves of George R.R. Martin’s books are not dire wolves.

They look like the animal actors on the HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones.

Trying to “bring back” dire wolves by modifying gray wolves is like saying you can reach the moon if you jump really high on a trampoline. But you’ll never arrive..