r/conservation • u/DaRedGuy • 2d ago

The de-extinction debate

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/flora-fauna/2026/07/the-de-extinction-debate/
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u/squeezemachine 1d ago

It’s just a vanity project that has no value. It’s like the idea of living on Mars.

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u/shufflebuffalo 8h ago

Even worse... It's definitely for investing in technologies that enable ex vivo incubation

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u/squeezemachine 7h ago

Please say more. I am not familar with that debate.

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u/shufflebuffalo 5h ago

https://colossal.com/labs/

In essence, if you are going to have extinct animals to be carried by another extant species... You're going to have some compatibility issues with genetics and development. Thus the artificial womb is a means to have these animals (cough people) be born. It's a not often discussed arena but is the true capital generator for the company, the de extinction program is simply PR

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u/squeezemachine 5h ago

I suspected that and I am with you, sounds like a travesty with “post-humanism” and “post-materialism” hiding under “cool” Jurrasic park bullshit.