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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Game of Thrones author George RR Martin broke down in tears meeting ‘de-extincted’ dire wolves

George R.R. Martin was among the first to meet a trio of wolf pups that are said to be the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal.”

On Monday, a group of scientists at Colossal Biosciences announced that after years of working to de-extinct animals, they had finally genetically engineered three wolves containing the DNA of the extinct dire wolf, a species made popular by HBO’s Game of Thrones, based on the works of Martin.

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