Eli5 if Woolly Mammoths we’re perfectly preserved in ice, how come we can’t extract samples of eggs and sperm and implant them in an elephant/artificial woolly mammoth uterus

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Eli5 if Woolly Mammoths we’re perfectly preserved in ice, how come we can’t extract samples of eggs and sperm and implant them in an elephant/artificial woolly mammoth uterus

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I’m pretty sure that’s happening right now. The dodo bird and woolly mammoth are being brought back from extinction if I read an article right. The dodo is already on the way and they expect the first woolly mammoth by 2028.