India, April 8 -- Colossal Biosciences fielded reactions from numerous social media users after the Dallas-based biotech firm announced that it has created three dire wolves, which went extinct more than 12,000 years ago and was popularised by the fantasy series Game of Thrones.

The start-up, that aims to bring back lost species, on Monday said its scientists had used cloning and gene-editing based on two ancient samples of dire wolf DNA to birth three modern dire wolf pups.

The three genetically engineered wolves are Romulus and Remus, who are both six-month-old males and Khaleesi, a three-month-old female. They are being raised and studied at an undisclosed location in the US.

Among whose questions Colossal Biosciences responded to o...