Which recently extinct animal species would you bring back from the dead?

[Danielos]

Well, perhaps it would have been better if it were a multiple choices-poll.

About the mammoth; did you know it went extinct as late as 1700 BC? That´s right, a dwarf variety of mammoths survived for thousands of year on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrangel_island

And I should have included this eagle in the poll!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpagornis

 

[Lillefix]

Why on God's green earth are brown bears called ursus arctos. That should be the name of the polar bear.

 

[West 36]

Mammoth, so we could have ribs ala Flintstone.

An African Elephant won't suffice?

 

[Elta]

Cyprus Dwarf Elephant.

And have it have lasted through until today rather than simply bringing it back.

With their size they were perfect for *domesticating, they could help on the farm and have made pre gunpowder war much more interesting.


I tried modding some in for a fantasy setting Medieval total war 2 mod. But lacked teh skillz.


* As oppose to other modern elephants that are captured and then trained because they are two expensive to care for as babies.

 

[Bill3000]

Why on God's green earth are brown bears called ursus arctos. That should be the name of the polar bear.

Because "arctos" is the Greek word for bear. (άρκτο&#962 It literally means "bear bear"

 

[really]

Irish Elk

 

[Bast]

I've always been fascinated by the Dodo.

 

[Tee Kay]

Thylacine please, although this would be awesome.

Spoiler :

 

[Danielos]

Thylacine please, although this would be awesome.

Spoiler :

There is a very small possibility that the thylacine may be resurrected one day. Scientists are trying to map the genome from recent museum specimens with the optimistic hope that the organism may eventually be resurrected!!

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Because "arctos" is the Greek word for bear.

Would that make canis lupus arctos the bear wolf?

 

[Fetus4188]

dog wolf bear

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

There is a very small possibility that the thylacine may be resurrected one day. Scientists are trying to map the genome from recent museum specimens with the optimistic hope that the organism may eventually be resurrected!!

A link always helps.

 

[Squonk]

Dodo, because it's so ugly that it's lovely