Extinct Animals Still Alive
The term used to describe extinct animals that were eventually found alive is Lazarus species.
Extinct animals still alive. Thus what follows is a list of 11 extinct animals that were photographed while still alive. Megalodon went extinct millions of years ago probably due to changing global climate conditions increased competition for a dwindling food supply or a combination of both. Every now and then there is a report of a monster shark bigger than one we currently know of.
Prehistoric Animals That Are Alive Today. But a taxidermied specimen from 1989 proves that they were around much longer than anybody thought. Megalodon is a giant shark that can grow up to seventy feet long longer than any shark known to exist today.
The woolly mammoth is probably one of the best-known extinct animals out there theres actually been some pretty in-depth debate on why the mammoth went extinct but scientists seem to believe it was a mix of natural global warming after the last ice age began to warm up and over hunting by humans though they have been thought to be extinct for the last few thousands of years some have claimed that they have seen wild mammoths still. Tasmanian Tiger The last Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine known to have existed died in the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania Australia on September 7th 1936. This article is about prehistoric animals that are still roaming around.
The 89 inch snake is reddish brown to brown with some bumps over its eyes. Some people claims that the some of the extinct animals are still alive. There is still a big part of the Earth that humans fail to discover or understand this is why sometimes species that are believed to be extinct long ago can still be found roaming on the surface of our planet.
The Meru Betiri National Parkthe site of the last confirmed sightingseems to be the most likely spot for their survival. But all the way officially it is announced that the those animals are extinct. The elephant shrews are small mammals that resemble rodents but are actually related to elephants.
So these are some of those terrifying extinct animals which may be still alive. Granted the camels of 6 million years ago were only the size of large deer and Argentavis were probably only feeding on young camels but still daaang. 15 Woolly Mammoth Standing at an imposing eleven feet tall and weighing up to six and a half tonnes about as heavy I am after Christmas dinner the Woolly Mammoth is a legendary mammal that lived alongside early humans around 200000.