New Delhi, April 8 -- In the Game of Thrones, a previously thought extinct species of six direwolf pups are found by Robb Stark (and Jon Snow) and distributed among the six children as companions. The Aenocyon dirus or dire wolf became extinct roughly ten thousand years ago and its fossils were discovered in 1858. Well now Colossal Biosciences have brought back to life the dire wolf. In a further twist, Lord of the Rings producer Peter Jackson bought the Game of Thrones throne in an auction, and he is an investor in Colossal Biosciences.

The first two revived dire wolves were called Romulus and Remus, named after the twins who founded Rome. The mythical twins were of divine descent and suckled by a she-wolf as infants. The third revived ...