Dire Dogos...

Not much going on besides splitting wood, so hope to have a winters worth done by the end of the month, then can move on to something more interesting. One of the things I've been reading about is the re-creation of the dire wolf, an extinct  Pleistocene predator made famous in the series Game of Thrones. Apparently the species was re-created through genetic engineering of the current grey wolf. Read about it here...

https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/dire-wolves-are-back-from-extinction-thanks-to-genetically-engineered-pups

But of course there were many biologists who quickly criticized it as hyperbole...

https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/colossals-de-extincted-dire-wolf-isnt-a-dire-wolf-and-it-has-not-been-de-extincted-experts-say

Regardless, it's kind of cool that, at least to some limited degree, they have brought back an extinct species. So here's some photos...

The genetically engineered pups. You can call them dire or modified grey wolves, they're still pretty darn cute.

Here's our version, the dire dogo at 6 weeks, held by the original owner before we brought him home.

The dire wolf as an adult. Apparently there were 2 litters and one of the pups is now full grown.

The dour wolf also likes to play with sticks, though it's not related to any genetic engineering, just a goofy sled dog trick (GOT-cha 9/10/21).