Extinct Animals That Are Back
This dog-headed and stripped animal was quite reminiscent to the tiger.
Extinct animals that are back. The tiny vaquita porpoise which is less than 30 left in the world will likely go extinct in the next few years. The Earth has seen no less than five great extinction events. Conservationists have foughtand fought hardto bring its 300 survivors of continuous purges back up although grey wolf numbers will likely never reach their peak of over 2 million.
Also known as the American buffalo the American bison Bison bison is one of the most well-known animals that came back from extinction in North America. A T-Rex and other dangerous creatures arent on the VIP lis. The Irish Elk extinct just 12000 years ago but researchers have found fossils of this animal in Siberia that are only 7000-8000 years ago and The Irish Elk can be brought back with help of its DNA and these creatures were 7 feet tall at the shoulder and the antlers could extend upto 12 feet tall.
The animals went extinct as recently as the 1930s mainly due to climate change bounty hunting and a lack of genetic diversity. The Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf belonged to the Thylacine species. Today scientists have developed several new techniques where they can successfully use methods such as cloning DNA splicing etc to essentially resurrect these animals from the grave.
But when it comes to these extinct animals we have to admit. More on that in a bit first meet the animal. This article lists 10 extinct animals that scientists can and should bring back from the dead.
The dinosaurs sure - but roughly 180 million years prior the cataclysmically-named The Great Dying saw 90 of life on our planet just disappear. 18 terrifying animals you are SO glad are extinct pictures Extinction is a very serious issue facing our world. Do you know that scientists are almost ready to bring back some species that have been long gone.
Around 4500 years ago on an island in the Arctic Ocean the worlds last mammoth died a lonely death. The animals went extinct as recently as the 1930s mainly due to climate change bounty hunting and a lack of genetic diversity. Seven minutes later the baby clone died and the Pyrenean ibex was granted the further distinction of being the only species that had managed to go extinct twice.