There was a lot of hype about an American company's "de-extinction" of dire wolves this week, but the significance of the achievement has been polarising. The company said they were "dire wolf" pups.

Kirk Lolley: How am I going to put this to you? Uh... look at it this way. No wolf, mmm, no wolf, ahh, no part. What do you think? [Rehearsing for the school play] Scott Howard: Sergeant, burn the ...