Watch the video: Bred from mammoth DNA – researchers present a special meatball.
STORY: The last woolly mammoths became extinct around 4000 years ago. How they moved or how they sounded we may never know. But thanks to science, we could now find out roughly what they tasted like. In the Netherlands, an Australian company has presented an admittedly unappetizing ball of meat made from lab-grown meat containing mammoth DNA. A mammoth meatball, so to speak. Or a Köttbullar. Tim Noakesmith, Founder “Vow”: “We wouldn’t eat the mammoth patty right now. That doesn’t mean you can’t eat it. But the protein is literally 4000 years old. It hasn’t been around for a very long time. Man It would have to undergo very rigorous testing like any other product you want to launch, but we wanted to showcase it first and not necessarily launch it immediately.” After all, the Australians compare the smell with that of crocodile meat. Aha. “There are two reasons why we chose the mammoth. The first is that we want to stimulate discussion about something different than the meat we eat today. The foods we eat need to The second reason is that the mammoth is a symbol of loss. Mammoths have been wiped out by climate change. And we wanted to draw attention to a different future.” Gaps in the DNA used were filled with genetic information from an African elephant.