They tried to "respawn" wooly mammoths in an elephant womb but it didn't work. | Hacker News

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		_ofdw on July 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One man’s plan to resurrect the animal species we ... They tried to "respawn" wooly mammoths in an elephant womb but it didn't work.

mkl on July 4, 2021 [–]

Source? Where would they get the embryo? It doesn't look like this has been tried yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_of_the_woolly_mammoth

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