10,000 years ago dire wolves walked the earth, one of the largest species of wolves ever record. the dire wolf had immense teeth able to crush through bone, their prey feared them but it wasn't long until their prey became extinct. at the end of the ice age, their prey slowly died out and so the only prey that was left was the faster mammals. unfortunately, they were tricky to catch and the human population was rising and they were out to catch the prey the wolves were after making it harder for the wolf to find a decent meal. with less prey around them, they were slowly dying out. humans were even killing them for their fur and meat making the dire wolf population decrease faster. until, there was no more traces of the dire wolf, they believed that the dire wolf was extinct.
in the 1850s scientists had made a discovery, they had found some of the remains of the dire wolf. they didn't know what they had found until they looked into, they had found that it was a species of wolf and believed it may of been the gray wolf but comparing skulls they saw that the dire wolf was much larger then the gray wolf and that the dire wolf had much larger teeth to be able to crush through their prey's bones. their discovery was overwhelming, and by 1992 they attempted to extract a mitochondrial DNA sequence from the skeletal remains. however, the attempt failed because these remains had been removed from the La Brea pits and tar could not be removed from the bone material. the scientists almost gave up, but in 2017 they attempted once again as their technology was much more developed they wanted to do another attempt to remove the DNA sample from the dire wolf skull.
success! they managed to extract the dire wolf DNA and managed to recreate the dire wolf. they grew two wolves inside the lab managing to make a female and male dire wolf, they watched them develop into a pup. once the time was ready to remove them from the make shift womb, they fed them and looked after them until they were a year old they put them in a special enclosure. months later, there was no sign of the wolves breeding and they were upset as they weren't procreating, they wanted more dire wolves but it seemed the dire wolves had no interest in mating. the scientists weren't sure why they weren't mating, so they decided to watch them twenty-four-seven. in fact the wolves were fighting for dominance, after fighting they wouldn't go near each other the lived in different part of the enclosure. the male wolf wanted to mate with the female, but the female did not. and so the scientist decided to make more of the wolves creating six more from what they had left of the DNA sample, they didn't want any inbred wolves so they decided not to extract anything from the two they had. the female dire wolf was moved to a different enclosure, and they put three other wolves in with her and the male dire wolf had the same. from there they monitored the wolves.
the male dire wolf's pack had other ideas, he wanted out of this enclosure he had enough of this. they wanted to find a way out of the lab so they can see the world. they are still planing on doing this but are waiting for the right time. the female dire wolf's pack hadn't really thought about it they were happy where they were but that all could change.
in the 1850s scientists had made a discovery, they had found some of the remains of the dire wolf. they didn't know what they had found until they looked into, they had found that it was a species of wolf and believed it may of been the gray wolf but comparing skulls they saw that the dire wolf was much larger then the gray wolf and that the dire wolf had much larger teeth to be able to crush through their prey's bones. their discovery was overwhelming, and by 1992 they attempted to extract a mitochondrial DNA sequence from the skeletal remains. however, the attempt failed because these remains had been removed from the La Brea pits and tar could not be removed from the bone material. the scientists almost gave up, but in 2017 they attempted once again as their technology was much more developed they wanted to do another attempt to remove the DNA sample from the dire wolf skull.
success! they managed to extract the dire wolf DNA and managed to recreate the dire wolf. they grew two wolves inside the lab managing to make a female and male dire wolf, they watched them develop into a pup. once the time was ready to remove them from the make shift womb, they fed them and looked after them until they were a year old they put them in a special enclosure. months later, there was no sign of the wolves breeding and they were upset as they weren't procreating, they wanted more dire wolves but it seemed the dire wolves had no interest in mating. the scientists weren't sure why they weren't mating, so they decided to watch them twenty-four-seven. in fact the wolves were fighting for dominance, after fighting they wouldn't go near each other the lived in different part of the enclosure. the male wolf wanted to mate with the female, but the female did not. and so the scientist decided to make more of the wolves creating six more from what they had left of the DNA sample, they didn't want any inbred wolves so they decided not to extract anything from the two they had. the female dire wolf was moved to a different enclosure, and they put three other wolves in with her and the male dire wolf had the same. from there they monitored the wolves.
the male dire wolf's pack had other ideas, he wanted out of this enclosure he had enough of this. they wanted to find a way out of the lab so they can see the world. they are still planing on doing this but are waiting for the right time. the female dire wolf's pack hadn't really thought about it they were happy where they were but that all could change.
