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Ron Magill

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

They've taken gene therapy, they've modified some of the genes you know, maybe I think 15 of the gene sequences they've modified out of 2,000, you know, thousands of gene sequences they've modified. And they modified it to get the color of the animal, the white that was known to be for the dire wolf, and increase in size.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

But really what it is, it's nothing more than a genetically modified gray wolf. It is not a dire wolf through and through. Now, having said that, people say, well, you know, Let's assume that it is a dire wolf. Isn't this really cool? Isn't this really good? In my opinion, no. No. And let me tell you why.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

But really what it is, it's nothing more than a genetically modified gray wolf. It is not a dire wolf through and through. Now, having said that, people say, well, you know, Let's assume that it is a dire wolf. Isn't this really cool? Isn't this really good? In my opinion, no. No. And let me tell you why.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

The dire wolf went extinct naturally because of Mother Nature, because of changes in the environment that evolved naturally as the planet started developing and changing.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

The dire wolf went extinct naturally because of Mother Nature, because of changes in the environment that evolved naturally as the planet started developing and changing.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

That's very different than an animal going extinct because man is shooting it or man is exterminating it for some man-made reason, whether it be habitat destruction, whether it be pollution, whether it be hunting, whatever that is. You don't correct what mother nature does. There's a reason. Extinction occurred for millions and millions of years before mankind ever set foot on this earth.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

That's very different than an animal going extinct because man is shooting it or man is exterminating it for some man-made reason, whether it be habitat destruction, whether it be pollution, whether it be hunting, whatever that is. You don't correct what mother nature does. There's a reason. Extinction occurred for millions and millions of years before mankind ever set foot on this earth.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

And there was a good reason for it. It's animals adapting and environments adapting. An animal went extinct to make room for another animal that helped create the balance that is necessary and delicate. So there's an old commercial you're too young to remember. There used to be a lady comes up, don't fool with mother nature. This is a classic example of don't fool with mother nature.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

And there was a good reason for it. It's animals adapting and environments adapting. An animal went extinct to make room for another animal that helped create the balance that is necessary and delicate. So there's an old commercial you're too young to remember. There used to be a lady comes up, don't fool with mother nature. This is a classic example of don't fool with mother nature.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

So I'm gonna give you my personal opinion of what this company is doing. And this is not to say they're not getting some very important information that could be applied to science in the future. But this whole theory about, oh no, we're gonna do dire wolves.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

So I'm gonna give you my personal opinion of what this company is doing. And this is not to say they're not getting some very important information that could be applied to science in the future. But this whole theory about, oh no, we're gonna do dire wolves.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

we've got them in a secret location and we're taking care of the protected and they're trying to build up all this fascination right with dire wolves why because game of thrones that was the animal game of thrones and what show had a bigger following than game of thrones so now you got oh do you want to be part of game of thrones do you want to see real dire wolves well we've got them at the secret location and they're going to keep on doing this the next thing they want to do is the woolly mammoth right

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

we've got them in a secret location and we're taking care of the protected and they're trying to build up all this fascination right with dire wolves why because game of thrones that was the animal game of thrones and what show had a bigger following than game of thrones so now you got oh do you want to be part of game of thrones do you want to see real dire wolves well we've got them at the secret location and they're going to keep on doing this the next thing they want to do is the woolly mammoth right

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

So let's see what happens. You want to build it up. I'm telling you what they're going to do. They want to build a little Jurassic Park, so to speak, and have a ton of money. They've already had a ton of people invest millions and millions of dollars in this company because people see the return. The return kind of like, come see these animals.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

So let's see what happens. You want to build it up. I'm telling you what they're going to do. They want to build a little Jurassic Park, so to speak, and have a ton of money. They've already had a ton of people invest millions and millions of dollars in this company because people see the return. The return kind of like, come see these animals.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

Like you used to see freaky animals in a circus, right? In a freak show. Or just like the movie Jurassic Park. How did that movie begin, right? Oh, the dinosaurs. Oh, this is beautiful. Going back in time. How did it end? Okay, this is what you're looking at. This is what you're looking at. Do not fool with Mother Nature. There's a reason why animals go extinct.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

Like you used to see freaky animals in a circus, right? In a freak show. Or just like the movie Jurassic Park. How did that movie begin, right? Oh, the dinosaurs. Oh, this is beautiful. Going back in time. How did it end? Okay, this is what you're looking at. This is what you're looking at. Do not fool with Mother Nature. There's a reason why animals go extinct.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

As long as it's not some accelerated thing due to man's abuse and man's neglect. Leave it be. Do not try to change something that mother, because mother nature doesn't make mistakes. We make mistakes, but mother nature doesn't make mistakes.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

As long as it's not some accelerated thing due to man's abuse and man's neglect. Leave it be. Do not try to change something that mother, because mother nature doesn't make mistakes. We make mistakes, but mother nature doesn't make mistakes.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Greg Cote Takes an Acting Class

And if we start thinking we're going to start bringing back these extinct animals just to pander to people's fascination for something that, you know, oh my God, I want to see it. I want to be the first because we have these fascination with these things that, you know, have so been glorified over the years through mythology and stuff. All of a sudden you're going to open Pandora's box.