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Tom Brady may have stepped off the football field, but he hasn’t stopped making history and the seven-time Super Bowl champion is now making headlines for his involvement in a cutting-edge scientific project-reviving the extinct dire wolf.
Brady is among the high-profile investors backing Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company on a mission to bring back long-lost species.
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The company recently celebrated the birth of three genetically engineered pups – Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi – designed to replicate the traits of dire wolves that roamed the Earth over 10,000 years ago.
The achievement landed on the cover of TIME magazine with the bold headline: “This is Remus. He’s a dire wolf. The first to exist in over 10,000 years.”
The pups were created through groundbreaking gene-editing techniques, and while not exact replicas of the extinct species, they are considered the closest modern approximation ever produced.
Brady, known for his passion for animals and competitive spirit, took to Instagram to share his excitement.
“So proud of the team for the hard work, passion, and countless hours!” he wrote, alongside photos of the pups. The former quarterback, who often described his Patriots quarterback group as a “wolf pack,” has now taken the metaphor to a literal level.
Playing the long game in science and legacy
Brady‘s investment goes beyond financial backing. He’s aligning his post-football legacy with a mission aimed at reshaping the future of conservation and de-extinction.
Alongside him in the venture are Paris Hilton and Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, forming a celebrity lineup as eclectic as it is ambitious.
But the project has sparked debate. Critics argue that the animals are not true dire wolves, but rather genetically modified gray wolves. NFL analyst Benjamin Allbright voiced his skepticism on social media: “This is not a dire wolf. This is a gray wolf with like 20 genetic edits. What are we doing here?”
Colossal’s scientists defend their work, explaining that the pups were created using DNA sequences extracted from dire wolf fossils and spliced into gray wolf embryos with CRISPR gene-editing tools.
The surrogate mothers were domestic dogs, and the resulting pups carry traits designed to mimic the extinct species.
While some see the project as speculative science or a public relations stunt, others view it as a potential breakthrough in biodiversity preservation. The technology could eventually aid in rewilding efforts or help protect endangered species from extinction.
For Brady, it’s a personal mission as well as a public one. “The dire wolf will… raise awareness of what’s possible in science,” he said, calling the accomplishment a powerful symbol of innovation and resilience.
As Khaleesi, the smallest of the three pups, sleeps peacefully in her protected enclosure, Brady continues to script a future where past and present collide. Whether this marks a new era in biotechnology or just a headline-grabbing experiment, one thing is clear: Tom Brady is still going for greatness-even if this time, it’s on four paws, not two feet.
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