Extinct Animals That Might Come Back
De-extinction could be a big step forward for genetic engineering.
Extinct animals that might come back. De-extinction started showing promise as early as 2003 when a mountain goat that had gone extinct three years before was reborn in a lab though it died minutes later. It was declared extinct a decade ago but scientists claimed to spot one in the river late last year. Camelops is an extinct genus of a camel that once roamed western North America where it disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene about 10000 years ago.
To resurrect new zealands 11 extinct species three times as many. 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. Bees have long been talked about as a species that may go extinct relatively soon.
Threatened or damaged ecosystems could be restored with the help of certain now-extinct species. Variola better known in modern times as smallpox was an infectious disease that plagued humanity throughout recorded his. The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine was a remarkable animal native to Australia and the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times.
Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Camelops extinction was part of a larger North American die-off in which native horses mastodons and other camelids also died out - possibly from global climate change and hunting by the Clovis people. 10 Animals That Came Back From Extinction - YouTube.
10 Extinct Animals That Shouldnt Be Brought Back. Dugongs might still be carrying some of its DNA which could be how scientists bring them back. Hunting habitat destruction of their swamps and the introduction of predators such as foxes dogs and dingoes all led to their demise.
Extinct animals could come back. Here are five examples of what are often referred to as Lazarus species breeds that have seemingly come back from the dead. Vigorous breeding programs and a decrease in the islands feral pets have helped them come back from the brink around 750 individuals are.