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A company works to resurrect an antelope extinct for two centuries

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Colossal Biosciences revealed it has been quietly working to resurrect the bluebuck, an African antelope extinct for 200 years, alongside its mammoth, dodo and thylacine projects.

Reported metric: 200 years

Reporting date: 2026-05-01 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 1, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Colossal Biosciences

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Seven thousand pets are signed up for cryopreservation

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Welcome to May 1, 2026

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A company works to resurrect an antelope extinct for two centuries
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Reporting date: 2026-05-01
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-01-resurrecting-an-antelope-extinct-200-years
Claim: Colossal Biosciences revealed it has been quietly working to resurrect the bluebuck, an African antelope extinct for 200 years, alongside its mammoth, dodo and thylacine projects.
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- Welcome to May 1, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-1-2026
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