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Colossal Biosciences is currently running a massive PR campaign claiming they are successfully breeding and rewilding genetically engineered "Dire Wolves" as apex predators to restore ecosystems.

I put together a short visual diagnostic breaking down the behavioral and environmental inconsistencies in their official footage. It turns out that when you actually look under the hood of their media releases, their own raw audio and B-roll completely dismantle their narrative:

The Environment: They market a wild preserve, but their staff openly admits the animals are locked in a building every single day for clinical monitoring.

The Diet: They claim they are studying how these predators "take down prey," while the audio features their own staff detailing how they carefully pre-butcher, skin, and de-bone dead deer so the wolves don't get hurt by "tough bone."

The Phenotype & PR: For their "Dire Wolf" 1st birthday, they bought a luxury meat cake from MISHKA (a boutique dog bakery in San Francisco) and accidentally left the giant purple shopping bag sitting right in the background of their cinematic B-roll.

[Watch the full 2-minute diagnostic and side-by-side breakdown here.] https://youtu.be/_B3ClRkrunA?si=XIA5_DoDz76yTf6z

I'm curious to hear what this community thinks about the ecological ethics of a $10 billion company treating "de-extinction" apex predators like high-end kennel pets.