Peter Jackson Funds 12-Foot Moa Resurrection: Jurassic Genes Meet Kiwi Reality

Unlike mammoth clones, Jackson’s moa quest features legal NZ bone bazaars, Yorkshire Museum displays, and Colossal’s “Jurassic Park in business casual.” Scientists debate, “Should we clone extinct birds?” as CRISPR tech meets flightless fowl ambition. Bird embryology hurdles loom: mammalian IVF won’t work, so imagine a kiwi egg with a dinosaur’s inner monologue. “There’s lots of different scientific hurdles that need to be overcome with any species,” Colossal’s chief scientist Beth Shapiro sighs.
Peter Jackson’s 12-foot moa resurrection project collides with New Zealand law and Jurassic Park fears; can CRISPR and $15 million reverse extinction, or just fuel moa-sized schoolyard legends?