How the director of 'The Lord of the Rings' intends to bring back an extinct creature?

A rare egg of the moa bird, which went extinct about 600 years ago, was discovered at an auction in the US. Director Peter Jackson helped return it to New Zealand, where scientists are trying to decipher its secrets as part of a genetic research project.

A rare egg of the moa bird, a giant flightless creature that went extinct about 600 years ago, was discovered at an auction in Colorado and purchased by the biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences with the help of director Peter Jackson, a New Zealand native. The egg, about 22 centimeters tall, was found in New Zealand in 1966 but remained in a private collection in the US for about 60 years. On October 19, the company announced that the egg would be transferred to the responsibility of representatives of the Māori community Ngāi Tahu, in collaboration with local researchers, with an official repatriation ceremony planned for December. Researchers hope that future tests will help identify the moa's sex and learn about its origins, but the path to bringing back the extinct bird is still long, and there is currently no living moa. The headline creates an expectation of practical revival, but the body describes only preliminary genetic research.