Extinct Animals That Could Come Back

Then in August 2020 a team of researchers and academics reported that these tiny creatures were alive and well.

Extinct animals that could come back. Before there were cattle as we know them today there were aurochs which were cowlike creatures bigger than elephants. Threatened or damaged ecosystems could be restored with the help of certain now-extinct species. If people pushed plant and animals species into extinction perhaps we owe it to these species to try and bring them back.

Here are five examples of what are often referred to as Lazarus species breeds that have seemingly come back from the dead. 10 Extinct Animals That Shouldnt Be Brought Back. Yet conservation work is helping some to come back from the brink.

That goes for all these other animals were bringing back too. Or it could be done by cloning carefully preserved non-reproductive cells. Why scientists would want to bring this animal back to life is the real question.

It evolved without any natural predators but the humans that arrived on their home island Mauritius took. This extinct species of plains Zebra the Quagga once lived in South Africa. One million species of animal and plant could disappear forever according to the UN.

The largest subspecies Smilodon populator could reach 400 kg in weight three meters in length and 14 meters tall at the shoulder. Extinct since the 1960s it was one of the largest cats in Turkey but also in many countries of Central Asia such as Iran or northwestern China. The dodo is perhaps the most famous extinct animal.

When Cristobal Colon sailed past Bermuda in 1492 an estimated half-million pairs of these birds nested there. For extinct animals like the mastodon that have been gone for hundreds or. In preparation for de-extinction The Long Now Foundation has listed several species that meet the criteria for coming back to life including the below.