NEW YORK (AP) — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission.

Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to Colossal Biosciences.

Colossal previously announced it had genetically engineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like the woolly mammoth and wolf pups that take after dire wolves.

Colossal’s CEO Ben Lamm said the artificial egg technology could one day be scaled up to genetically tweak living birds to resemble New Zealand’s extinct South Island giant moa, whose eggs are 80 times the size of a chicken’s and would be difficult for any modern bird to lay.

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What do you think? Is it a good idea to bring back extinct species?

Conversely, what extinct species would you like to see brought back, if such a thing were possible?

When human mess with Nature the results are often not good. Resurrecting lost creatures…be careful of what you ask for.

I think if it were possible to truly bring back extinct species that were the victim of human exploitation, like to passenger pigeon or the dodo, I’d be fine with it.

But doing stuff like the stunt with the so-called “dire wolves”? No. They aren’t dire wolves.