Peter Jackson Aims to Revive Extinct Giant Flightless Bird in New Zealand
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Peter Jackson is collaborating with biotech company Colossal Biosciences to de-extinct the South Island Giant Moa, a large extinct bird from New Zealand, aiming to inspire scientific interest and ecological restoration, while also working on a new Lord of the Rings film. Jackson's involvement includes collecting DNA from Moa bones, with the project leveraging advances in genetic engineering to potentially bring the bird back to life.
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