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Down the hatch! Down the hatch!

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Apparently they have DNA from a few different ones now. They have 70-80% of the genome from these guys. The problem is the DNA is kinda falling apart and is mixed up with a bunch of microbes and other organic fodder, they’re reconstructing the genome using elephant DNA structure as a guide.

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wow. so it’s 10,010 years old now?

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Damn those things live long huh

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Amazing. You’d think something as big as a mammoth would need more blood than that

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