Extinct Animals That Come Back

Five extinct animals that come back from the dead Variola better known in modern times as smallpox was an infectious disease that plagued humanity throughout recorded his.

Extinct animals that come back. They are exint for a reason. If playback doesnt begin shortly try. It would involve recovering fragments of badly degraded DNA from ancient specimens and patching those fragments into the DNA of a close living relative.

The Caspian Tiger was officially declared extinct in the 1970s. Although there are problems still to be solved the process is gradually becoming more feasible. Scientists have some ambitious projects underway to bring extinct species back to life including the long-gone woolly mammoth to the passenger pigeon.

The last time anyone recorded a sighting of the Somali elephant shrew was almost 50 years ago after which it was assumed to have become extinct. If an extinct animal were brought back to life in the lab the authors point out that it would still lack many of a species key characteristics such as epigenetics environment and social groups. Since the first one was discovered scientists began tracking the animal trying to find more.

For extinct animals like the mastodon that have been gone for hundreds or even thousands of years its much harder. Who knows what species might rise from the grave next. The Quagga Project started in 1987 is an attempt to bring them back from extinction.

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. Extinct animals could come back. There are lots of good reasons to bring back extinct animals.

Still those animals that are no longer extinct give us some hope for the future. 1 The Mountain Pygmy Possum. It was believed that this animal was extinct because all they ever found are fossil remains.