Extinct Animals That Are Back
Here are five examples of what are often referred to as Lazarus species breeds that have seemingly come back from the dead.
Extinct animals that are back. If playback doesnt begin shortly try. These are the top 10 extinct animals that have become extinct over the last century. 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.
Generally it helps if there is a species still alive today that is genetically similar to the extinct animal like elephants for woolly mammoths or cows for aurochs. The dinosaurs sure - but roughly 180 million years prior the cataclysmically-named The Great Dying saw 90 of life on our planet just disappear. Image via Animalssandiegozoo 12.
Advances in science specifically biotechnology could enable scientists to bring some of these animals back from extinction and there are a few already on the list. Hello on april 30 2020. 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.
The tiny vaquita porpoise which is less than 30 left in the world will likely go extinct in the next few years. 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. Then in 2009 a goat gave birth to a cloned Pyrenean ibex in a government-funded miracle that marked the first time any species had been brought back from extinction.
In 1969 the Przewalskis horse was listed as extinct in the wild after a perfect storm of events including pasture competition with. 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. A T-Rex and other dangerous creatures arent on the VIP lis.
There are lots of good reasons to bring back extinct animals. Back Breeding is also a form of artificial selection by the deliberate selective breeding of domestic animals in an attempt to achieve an animal breed with a phenotype that resembles a wild type ancestor usually one that has gone extinct. Here is the list of some of the species of the animals that are being brought back to life after they went extinct from the world.