Which ten extinct non-human animals would you restore?

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First, I thought the mammoth except there wouldn't be anywhere cool enough left for them to live, so not that one.

And I thought maybe Neanderthals except wait, somebody'd turn 'em into slaves for sure.

So I guess I wouldn't restore any.
 
Lilac said:
Brontosaurus. They were my favorite as a kid.
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Yep! Now called Apatosaurus, I love the way that it was depicted in the old film King Kong! Wonder why it was chasing those men. It was herbivorous? Right?

 
Radrook said:
Wonder why it was chasing those men. It was herbivorous? Right?
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Geese are herbivorous and they chase people, they can be scary as heck. Ducks will eat meat but they are sweet and friendly (compared to geese anyway). Chickens eat meat and they can be sweet or scary. I'm guessing diet isn't what determines chasing people.

What if they bring back Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus and they act like monster size geese - eek!!
 
Radrook said:
Yep! Now called Apatosaurus, I love the way that it was depicted in the old film King Kong! Wonder why it was chasing those men. It was herbivorous? Right?

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Now if your minding your own business like he was & someone starts some trash with you, I think you have a right to kick butt. Unless I missed it, he was just tossing them around. Since he doesn't have arms, he to use what he had, LOL.
 
HoneyNut said:
Geese are herbivorous and they chase people, they can be scary as heck. Ducks will eat meat but they are sweet and friendly (compared to geese anyway). Chickens eat meat and they can be sweet or scary. I'm guessing diet isn't what determines chasing people.

What if they bring back Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus and they act like monster size geese - eek!!
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Very true! My premise was flawed. Thanks for pointing that out. I should have known better since I was chased by geese when I was preaching the Gospel in the countryside when I visited Puerto Rico. They employ them as guard animals there. Also, bulls and other herbivorous horned animals might decide to gore us just for fun. Then we have the predominantly herbivorous and predominantly aquatic hippo who is notorious for attacking people and other animals..


So that a Brontosaurus should do it should not be surprising.​
 
I forgot how deadly hippos can be. About 500 people died in 2022 & not sure how many was injured. They will go after anything from boats to people washing clothes on the shore. And I thought they were docile as a kid when I seen them at the zoo :oops:. For being so fat, they can move like lightening.
 
Lilac said:
I forgot how deadly hippos can be. About 500 people died in 2022 & not sure how many was injured. They will go after anything from boats to people washing clothes on the shore. And I thought they were docile as a kid when I seen them at the zoo :oops:. For being so fat, they can move like lightening.
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Very true! They do look rather friendly and deceptively slow, and yet are bad-tempered, extremely territorial, and very fast, both by running on the river bottom, or else swimming via using their webbed feet.
 
I vote for passing on the Titanoboa. Hadn't heard of it until now, but at 42 feet (12.8 m) & 1600 to 2500 pounds (735 - 1135 kg), I would not want to meet him.
 
Lilac said:
I vote for passing on the Titanoboa. Hadn't heard of it until now, but at 42 feet (12.8 m) & 1600 to 2500 pounds (735 - 1135 kg), I would not want to meet him.
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Yep! Big fellow with a titanic appetite which might just include us if we happened to saunter too close to its gaping snout, Once that monstrosity got a grip on you, it was all over.

 
ElCastor said:
The Great Auk, a beautiful harmless sea bird hunted to extinction.
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Such a beautiful bird! That is one of the most deplorable examples of humans driving an animal to extinction I have ever read about! Hopefully they can find a way to restore the species.

Great auk specialist John Wolley interviewed the two men who killed the last birds, and Sigurður described the act as follows:

The rocks were covered with blackbirds [referring to Guillemots] and there were the Geirfugles ... They walked slowly. Jón Brandsson crept up with his arms open. The bird that Jón got went into a corner but [mine] was going to the edge of the cliff. It walked like a man ... but moved its feet quickly. caught it close to the edge – a precipice many fathoms deep. Its wings lay close to the sides – not hanging out. I took him by the neck and he flapped his wings. He made no cry. I strangled him.
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Great auk - Wikipedia

 
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The reason I would bring it back is because, unlike other animals that have gone extinct, such as the dinosaurs, its among the historically very recent animals that would be with us if we had not interfered with it. Also, it was not harming anyone in any predatory way as certain other extinct animals were unintentionally doing.

Steller's Sea Cow ​

Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct sirenian described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741. At that time, it was found only around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia; its range extended across the North Pacific during the Pleistocene epoch, and likely contracted to such an extreme degree due to the glacial cycle. It is possible indigenous populations interacted with the animal before Europeans. Steller first encountered it on Vitus Bering's Great Northern Expedition when the crew became shipwrecked on Bering Island. Much of what is known about its behavior comes from Steller's observations on the island, documented in his posthumous publication On the Beasts of the Sea. Within 27 years of its discovery by Europeans, the slow-moving and easily-caught mammal was hunted into extinction for its meat, fat, and hide.
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Well, I did say ten, now didn't I?

1. Triceratops

2. Argentinosaurus

3. Gigantopithecus

4. Stelller's Cow

5. Quetzalcoatle

6, Giant Sloth

7. Megalodon

8. The Dodo

9. Pterodactyl

10. Thunderbird


 
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Not close to the size of King Kong but approaches the size of Mighty Joe Young.



 

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