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woolly mice on rice all nice (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] pennomi 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[–] pennomi 7 points 1 day ago

No idea

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

A delicious potato croquette

[–] Pronell 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And it won't be recreating the mammoth, just giving mammoth-like features to an elephant.

It's a truly strange project.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Maybe to make it better tolerate colder climates?

As if Denmark isn't flat enough already without introducing a bunch of fluffy pachyderms..