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Why Scientists Don't Want To Bring the Mastodon Back
A science explainer on de-extinction is drawing large audiences, arguing that bringing back the mastodon is neither practical nor a priority for researchers. It contrasts public enthusiasm for resurrecting ice age animals with scientific concerns about cost, ecology and whether the effort would serve conservation goals, at a time when mammoth and mastodon de-extinction projects regularly make headlines.
Why now: Renewed publicity around de-extinction and 'woolly mammoth' revival projects keeps public interest high in why scientists are sceptical.
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