Meaning of mammophant | Babel Free

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A (hypothetical) cross between a woolly mammoth and an elephant.

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“However, several generations of “mammophant” breeding would be necessary before it would be possible to sire a genetically “pure” mammoth.”

“Herds of mammophants pining for the fjords aren’t quite within the realm of what’s possible.”

“Church and his team plan⟳ to create⟳ the mammophant by endowing the egg cell of an Asian elephant with the genes for red blood cells that operate⟳ efficiently at low temperature, an enhanced fat layer under the skin, and a luxuriant covering of hair and fur - all from the woolly mammoth genome.”

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