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Scientists create potentially deadly prehistoric “Mammoth meatball”

The so-called prehistoric “mammoth meatball” has been manufactured by the Australian “cellular meat” company, Vow

Newsroom March 30 02:43

Scientists have successfully created a hybrid of elephant, sheep, and mammoth DNA in a laboratory, which they have misleadingly dubbed the “mammoth meatball”. Despite their success, producers of the unusual concoction have hesitated to try it, citing concerns about its safety.

The so-called prehistoric “mammoth meatball” has been manufactured by the Australian “cellular meat” company, Vow. This culinary conundrum was set to be displayed on Thursday, March 30th, at the Nemo Science Museum in the Netherlands.

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