The “Terra Nova,” the former whaling ship, ca. 1911. Photographer: Herbert George Ponting (British; 1870–1935). Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Macabre!! #PeterJackson, #NgāiTahu, #CanterburyMuseum, & US biotech co #ColossalBiosciences plan to extract DNA from Moa remains to recreate the towering flightless bird. Extracted DNA has to go somewhere. What bird will be a test subject? Whose eggs will injected DNA go into?
Creepy AF.
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