Peter Jackson资助了1 500美元的项目 用于基因工程鸟类 类似灭绝的新西兰呻吟。 Peter Jackson funds $15M project to genetically engineer birds resembling extinct New Zealand moa.

电影导演彼得·杰克逊 （Peter Jackson） 正在与生物技术公司 Colossal Biosciences 合作，支持一个 1500 万美元的项目，对鸟类进行基因工程改造，使其类似于已灭绝的南岛巨型恐鸟，这是一种原产于新西兰的 12 英尺高的鸟类。 Film director Peter Jackson is backing a $15 million project with biotech company Colossal Biosciences to genetically engineer birds that resemble the extinct South Island giant moa, a 12-foot-tall bird native to New Zealand. 该项目包括Ngāi Tahu研究中心,目的是从保存的骨中提取DNA,并将其与活鸟类基因组进行比较。 The project, which includes the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre, aims to extract DNA from preserved moa bones and compare it to genomes of living birds. 尽管科学上对重新引进灭绝物种持怀疑态度, 该倡议试图通过基因工程把呻吟带回来。 Despite scientific skepticism about reintroducing extinct species, the initiative seeks to bring the moa back through genetic engineering.