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According to recent observations, the male and female dire wolves brought back from extinction are just staying friends.
“The science that has brought these two together is so amazing. All the staff here at the zoo are anxiously anticipating the first generation of naturally-bred dire wolves,” said zookeeper Danica Freid, watching the two wolves sit side-by-side but not touch. “They haven’t shown signs of sexual activity yet, but we think it is only a matter of time before they warm up to each other."
“It was incredible to see the team of researchers working 16-hour days in the lab for months to make this all possible,” said Freid, packing up the lab equipment that she no longer thought was needed. “The Crispr technology used to edit the gray wolf’s genome is revolutionary. Once these guys get down to business and make some more wolves, we can move onto the wooly mammoth and other creatures we never thought would walk the Earth again.”
“These two play nicely together during the day time, but they always choose to sleep in separate dens at night, which is puzzling," added Freid, observing the male give a casual up-nod to the female before falling asleep 10 meters away. “He approaches her quite often when she is relaxing alone, but she usually walks away. Probably just playing hard-to-get. The male seems like he would if she wanted to. Surely there will be cubs in no time, right?”
At press time, the zoo’s endangered panda couple was on a break.
