by Bruce Bennett

“Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics
of an extinct animal that was far larger—the woolly mammoth.”
—NPR

The mammoth was surely a brute,
A thunderous lunging galoot.
So isn’t it nice
They’ve engineered mice
With similar genes, who are cute?

Still, maybe we ought to take care?
This planet we all have to share
Has problems enough,
And it’s pretty darned tough
For the threatened beasts already there!