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@mushroom_soup It's a kind of a Ship of Theseus question. If the new dire wolves have the exact same genes as extinct dire wolves, but they weren't created via cloning, but by slowly and methodically replacing genes from gray wolves that were different from the ancient dire wolves until there were no more genes left that were specific to gray wolves, are the new dire wolves actual dire wolves or are they still gray wolves?

@alyx @mushroom_soup >acts like a dire wolf
>we made these animals to learn how dire wolfs act btw
yeah ok Shapiro settle down. This is "running wire around Manhattan so you're 'inside' on sabbath" type bullshit
@WandererUber @alyx @mushroom_soup >we are professional geneticists
>no genes from direwolf
>it looks close enough, so it counts!
Ah, the science.

@Marakus @WandererUber @alyx @mushroom_soup These scientists are the faggots saying that race is only skin deep.

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