When Hostin noted that dire wolves “can tear off your face,” Whoopi quipped back that “so can we.” But at that, host Alyssa Farah Griffin chimed in with the physical qualities of the animals, which can grow to be quite large.

The startup Colossal Biosciences says it achieved de-extinction and made three new dire wolves named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi.

Dire wolves are back, baby! AWOOO! Yup, after 10,000 years hanging out in the “extinct” file along with woolly mammoths, T-Rex, and the dodo, the dire wolf has launched itself back from the dead and three of them – Romulus,