Extinct Animals That Might Come Back

The Quagga Project started in 1987 is an attempt to bring them back from extinction.

Extinct animals that might come back. How will they respond to and change their new environment. 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. Variola better known in modern times as smallpox was an infectious disease that plagued humanity throughout recorded his.

4 extinct animals that have come back to life. There may be several reasons for this massive extinction like cruel hunting for skin feathers meat etc or for climatic factors and natural disasters. When the last one died in Poland in 1627 it was one of the first examples.

The Caspian Tiger was officially declared extinct in the 1970s. Of all the extinct animals the Javan tiger is probably the most likely to still be around. 10 Animals That Came Back From Extinction - YouTube.

It was declared extinct a decade ago but scientists claimed to spot one in the river late last year. Even called as the Somali Sengi this mouse-sized animal with its distinctive elongated nose is thriving across the Horn of Africa. Alberto Fernández-Arias leading advocate behind this animals de-extinction quickly went back to the drawing board and he continues his work in developing a successful clone.

Here are five examples of what are often referred to as Lazarus species breeds that have seemingly come back from the dead. 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. The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine was a remarkable animal native to Australia and the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times.

There are some extinct species such as the woolly mammoth shown above that may be brought back to life if scientists can overcome some. They are the first species of Dolphins that have been driven to extinction by the activities of human beings. There are ethical questions about whether humans should bring extinct animals back to life.