Extinct Animals That Come Back

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Extinct animals that come back. In 1966 one of these possums were found at a ski lodge in Australia. 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. This freshwater dolphin is known as the Baiji and lived in the Yangtze River in China.

Scientists have some ambitious projects underway to bring extinct species back to life including the long-gone woolly mammoth to the passenger pigeon. The quagga is in fact a subspecies of the Plains Zebra Equus quagga. 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.

Still those animals that are no longer extinct give us some hope for the future. Since the first one was discovered scientists began tracking the animal trying to find more. Then in August 2020 a team of researchers and academics reported that these tiny creatures were alive and well.

Certain species such as the Javan Elephant have gone from extinct to rediscovered and back again several times over. Here are five examples of what are often referred to as Lazarus species breeds that have seemingly come back from the dead. In a first step toward resurrecting the mammoth researchers from Russia and South Korea are working to bring back another extinct animal the Lena.

Although there are problems still to be solved the process is gradually becoming more feasible. When the last one died in. 10 Animals That Came Back From Extinction.

For extinct animals like the mastodon that have been gone for hundreds or even thousands of years its much harder. 17 Incredible Animals That Came Back from the Brink of Extinction Lela Nargi Updated. It was believed that this animal was extinct because all they ever found are fossil remains.