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(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Ben Lamm is an American serial entrepreneur & billionaire. He is best known for founding Colossal Biosciences with Harvard Geneticist George Church. Colossal utilizes genetic engineering and reproductive technology to attempt the de-extinction of extinct species. They recently recreated genetically modified dire wolves and seek to re-create the Woolly Mammoth in the next 5 years. Matt James is an exotic animal expert, zoologist & Chief Animal Officer of Colossal Biosciences.

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- Colossal Website: https://colossal.com/

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****TIMESTAMPS****
0:00 - Intro

1:23 - Paul Rosolie Tape Measure Story

3:24 - The 6th Global Extinction, Restoring Dire Wolf & Woolly Mammoth

13:43 - De-Extinction & Science / Tech Behind It, Red Wolves

23:15 - Rewilding New Species & Effect on Genes, Ancient DNA Coding Breakdown (White Rhino)

30:35 - Northern Quoll Extinction, Jabba the Hutt Toads

35:08 - GMOs are good?

37:24 - How Colossal Makes Money

43:18 - The net value of a Whale, “Jurassic Park” & “I Am Legend” Risk

52:02 - Lab Creation Debate vs Natural / Organic, Chinese Gene-Edited Child Controversy

58:12 - How Matt joined Colossal Biosciences team, $50 Million to Elephant conservation

1:02:00 - How Colossal turned Scientist “Haters” into Supporters & Why, Science “Semantics”

1:09:56 - Colossal Would NOT Exist without AI, Talking to critics

1:14:05 - Working on Extinct Species vs Endangered Species

1:17:06 - Woolly Mouse De-Extinction & How They Did It (EXPOSED)

1:23:59 - Colossal NOT Cloning, How Species are designated, Dire Wolves vs Gray Wolves

1:32:28 - Julian & Ben explain Built-in Media Manipulation of Colossal

1:39:20 - You can’t clone a Woolly Mammoth, Colossal’s Animal Safety Measures

1:43:15 - How Colossal Edited Dire Wolf Genes

1:47:28 - “Playing God” Debate

1:54:10 - Ben & Matt REACT to Paul Rosolie’s Criticism of Colossal

2:04:26 - Artificial Wombs (Ex-Utero)

2:06:28 - Can Colossal Rebuild EVOLUTIONARY Behaviors? (Extinct Elk Example)

2:09:53 - Ben & Matt want to visit Paul Rosolie, Julian remarks on his Amazon Jungle visit

2:11:55 - Colossal’s Re-Wilding Plan for Animals, Tasmanian Tiger

2:16:48 - Ben & Matt invite Julian to visit Colossal

CREDITS:
- Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey
- In-Studio Producer: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ

Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 297 - Ben Lamm & Matt James (Colossal Team - Dire Wolf)

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