I swear I saw this before but it could just have been a ostrich
10 Extinct Animals That Scientists Want to Bring Back to Life
There are more extinct species than there are currently living on Earth, which makes our curiosity shoot through the roof. It’s no wonder we can’t get enough of those Jurassic Park movies. Luckily, we live in a time where science can turn back the clock, and similarly to the aforementioned movie franchise, de-extinct some of the world’s lost species. There are even lists of potential candidates available and they’re nothing short of fascinating.
We at Bright Side checked out which species might soon be walking among us again and selected the following 10 that could be very exciting to see in real life.
1. Woolly mammoth


Size: Shoulder height for males reached about 8.9 feet and 11.2 feet with a weight of up to 6 tons.
Originated in: East Asia
Went extinct: 4,000 years ago
Closest living relative: African elephants
2. Quagga
Size: around 8’5″ long and 4’5″ tall
Originated in: South Africa
Went extinct: the late nineteenth century
Closest living relative: zebras
3. Elephant bird


Size: stood at 9.8 feet tall and weighed 1,600 lb
Originated in: Madagascar
Went extinct: around 1000 CE to 1200 CE
Closest living relative: kiwi birds
4. Baiji (Chinese river dolphin)
Pictured: Qiqi, last living Baiji, died in 2002
Size: Males were about 7.5 feet long while females could grow to be 8’2″.
Originated in: China
Went extinct: 2002
Closest living relative: the Chinese white dolphin
5. Glyptodont


Size: 12 feet long and 1.5 feet high
Originated in: North and South America
Went extinct: 8,000 to 7,000 years ago
Closest living relative: armadillos
6. Pyrenean ibex
7. Dodo


Size: around 3.3 feet tall
Originated in: Mauritius
Went extinct: in the seventeenth century
Closest living relative: the Nicobar pigeon
8. Tasmanian tiger
Size: 39 inches to 51 inches long and 24 inches high
Originated in: New Guinea and Australia
Went extinct: in the twentieth century
Closest living relative: the Tasmanian devil and the numbat
9. Ground sloth


10. Saber-toothed tiger
Size: The largest species weighed between 485 lb to 961 lb and stood at 39 inches.
Originated in: North and South America
Went extinct: 10,000 years ago
Closest living relative: tigers
Which of these animals would you want to see in the wild? Where do you stand on the de-extinction of species in general?
Comments
I think dodo is fine.. not sure about the rest 😅
that ground sloth looks even scarier than the bear 😱
Well.It will be great so have all of this awesome creatures back here with all of us it would be a risk but its worth a shot...some of you guys are out here saying no because they went extinct for a reason...well not really Jurassic park it just fiction dinosaurs died because a of something!...now look we need all the animals we can because these are great animals but if we dont take care of earth then we'll never get them back so please dont say no because these would be awesome.
dodo
is fine but the rest it is a no
Ey! The one who wrote about sabertooth tigers it’s not true! It’s not closest living relative tigers it’s the cheetah 🐆 lol but what I says is true😕

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