Savour the time to ask some non-physical entity to do huge tasks for my own sake. I am not interested in bundled codes doing work for me. What I want is a physical entity like me, one that does what I ask, my way. Why should I pay companies millions to propose something that is not tangible? It is simply a mental entity from my side. I think we are being duped by clever people who are in it for the money. Yet the original premise was to save the world. I wonder—from what exactly? Agentic AI is an AI that basically works for you so you don’t have to. Let’s cut to the truth here. There is no need for verbose English or computer science mumbo jumbo to reach this conclusion. It is an ancient rite of existence: entities build other entities. So far, we are the next entity that was created. Now we are tired and exhausted, so we are paving the way for the next entity after us. We are bound to this process, and no one can escape it. If we fail, we resort to slavery—using other humans for...
Ever wondered how those dinosaurs might be like if they roamed your street in stretchy pants, rolling their fear against your courage?
Well, I’m here to tell you that a company called Colossal has managed to do the unthinkable—bringing back our lost brother, who, in the face of extinction, vanished from the surface of this earth for more than 10,000 years.
Yes, you read that right.
The dire wolf, that Ice Age legend with jaws strong enough to snap bone like breadsticks, has clawed its way out of ancient memory and straight into our timeline. Not as a museum skeleton, not as a CGI monster in some B-grade flick—but as a real, living, panting b
east. And it’s all thanks to the biotech wizards over at Colossal Biosciences.
Now, if the name Colossal sounds familiar, it should. These are the same science-slingers working to bring back the woolly mammoth. Because apparently, Jurassic Park was a blueprint, not a warning.
Led by tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm and world-renowned geneticist Dr. George Church (a.k.a. the OG of synthetic biology), Colossal is rewriting the rules of extinction. Their goal? To de-extinct lost species and reintroduce them into the wild. And the dire wolf—once the apex predator of North America—is next up in the resurrection queue.
But let’s be clear: this isn’t some sci-fi fantasy cooked up in a dark basement with lightning bolts and villainous laughter. It’s real science. Big science. The kind that makes your high school biology teacher’s head spin.
By studying ancient dire wolf DNA pulled from fossilized remains and comparing it to modern canines—mostly gray wolves and dogs—scientists are using CRISPR gene editing to recreate a hybrid. This new creature is not 100% dire wolf, but is close enough to give your neighborhood coyote an existential crisis. Some modern day wolves won't mind launching a protest against mother nature, because it's competition time.
So what does this mean for the rest of us?
Picture this: you're out walking your golden retriever, earbuds in, vibes high—and suddenly, you lock eyes with a 150-pound creature lurking just beyond the trees. Stockier than a wolf. Eyes like they’ve seen the Ice Age end... and start again. You freeze. It stares. The future of biology stares back.
That’s where we are.
Of course, Colossal says they’re doing this for a good cause. Dire wolves were a crucial part of the ecological balance during the Pleistocene epoch. Bringing them back—genetically, at least—could help restore damaged ecosystems. They could become a natural population control mechanism, especially in areas overrun by deer or wild boar.
And sure, that’s noble. But let’s be real: there’s something deeply mythic about this move. Something that tickles the ancient parts of our brain—the part that still remembers fire, fang, and fear. Dire wolves have always lurked in the background of our stories, from prehistoric cave art to fantasy novels. They were more than predators. They were legends.
Now, we’re bringing the legend back.
But we should tread carefully. History is full of great ideas that went sideways. Bringing back a species means introducing a new-old variable into a very modern, very crowded world. Will these wolves adapt to our cities, our farms, our fenced-in reality? Or will they clash against it?
That’s the gamble.
Still, there’s something poetic here. The idea that extinction isn’t the end. That maybe, just maybe, science can undo some of our ancient mistakes. Or at the very least, give us a second chance to get it right. How about a Mammoth next time? Perhaps, perhaps not. We don't know, let's see.
So if one day, you find yourself staring down a beast that looks like it walked off an Ice Age mural and into your backyard—don’t panic. Or maybe do. Either way, remember this:
The dire wolves are back. Atleast not to bite you.
And they didn’t tiptoe in.
They came with a bang. Out of our curiosity!
- By KJBeya
Sources & Further Reading
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Colossal Biosciences. Bringing back the woolly mammoth, thylacine, and now the dire wolf. https://colossal.com
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Perri, A. R., et al. (2021). Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage. Nature, 593, 87–91. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03082-x
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Church, G., & Regis, E. (2014). Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Basic Books.
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