00:00To de-extinct the MOA we are collecting DNA from all nine species of MOA. We'll be comparing the
00:06genome sequences to genomes of living birds to identify what it is that made MOA unique
00:12and using the tools of genome editing to make those changes in the DNA sequence of the living
00:18close relatives. The process of de-extinction is that we extract DNA from ancient bones and we
00:25sequence that DNA and assemble ancient genomes. We use the tools of computational biology to compare
00:31those ancient genomes to genomes from living animals and to identify what made the extinct
00:36species physically and behaviorally distinct from living species. We then use the tools of genome
00:42engineering to gradually edit the genomes of living species to contain that ancient DNA so that we can
00:50bring back those extinct phenotypes. I haven't associated any movies I've made with the MOA.
00:57I mean it's a separate, it's like the movies are my day job and the MOA is my fun thing I do,
01:03you know, in the hope that within a few years we'll get to see a MOA back again. I mean that to me
01:10is giving me more enjoyment and satisfaction than any films ever have.
01:16So all they've shown is that they can snip in a few genes to an existing species.
01:24So the claim that they have created the dire wolf is just simply rubbish. You know, they've put a few,
01:32you know, dire wolf genes to create a big white dog. I mean this is straight out of,
01:40you know, Frankenstein. It's an extraordinary hubris that says, you know, that we are all powerful.
01:51Well, you know, we're not. And the idea is that we can go and destroy nature because one day we can
02:00we can pick up the pieces. Well, you know, we can't. Humpty Dumpty and all the king's men
02:06cannot put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
