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minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 hours agoGenetic researchers have created a breed of woolly mice loosely based on woolly mammoth phenotypes. This is supposed to be a test run before they try to do the harder job of recreating the mammoth.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-27 hours agoBut why is there a… rock? donut hole? geode? hush puppy? Next to the woolly mouse? I feel like it’s a pun I’m missing.
minus-squareKing_Bob_IV@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoAs a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIs that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?
minus-squareKing_Bob_IV@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoSpecifically from Tim Hortons, which despite not having been Canadian in ages still gets treated like a Canadian icon. But as a result yeah, often referred to that way in common culture.
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoAnd it won’t be recreating the mammoth, just giving mammoth-like features to an elephant. It’s a truly strange project.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoMaybe to make it better tolerate colder climates? As if Denmark isn’t flat enough already without introducing a bunch of fluffy pachyderms…
Genetic researchers have created a breed of woolly mice loosely based on woolly mammoth phenotypes. This is supposed to be a test run before they try to do the harder job of recreating the mammoth.
But why is there a… rock? donut hole? geode? hush puppy? Next to the woolly mouse? I feel like it’s a pun I’m missing.
As a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale
Is that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?
Specifically from Tim Hortons, which despite not having been Canadian in ages still gets treated like a Canadian icon.
But as a result yeah, often referred to that way in common culture.
A delicious potato croquette
No idea
And it won’t be recreating the mammoth, just giving mammoth-like features to an elephant.
It’s a truly strange project.
Maybe to make it better tolerate colder climates?
As if Denmark isn’t flat enough already without introducing a bunch of fluffy pachyderms…