This animal is not supposed to be alive welcome back Charlie here you probably think that
if an animal goes extinct the species is gone forever but here are some animals who came back
from extinction be warned though some of these are so scary you may wish they stayed extinct
first we have to look at the new guinea singing dog right now you are looking at the
most ancient living dog this dog species is hundreds of thousands of years old
the dog has been feared extinct for more than 50 years but thankfully this dog was rediscovered
in the forests and highlands of new guinea in the 1970s one scientist said these dogs
had definitely gone extinct it was only in 2022 that they were found once again cameras
documented at least 15 of these wild dogs in the highlands this included males females and curbs
they were found on puncak jaya that's one of the largest and most isolated mountains in new guinea
it's almost like these dogs were hiding from us humans they're famous for their very unique
singing their howl does not sound scary at all it's very high pitched and sounds like singing
between 2005 and 2012 there had been sightings of these dogs but none had been confirmed
nor caught on camera thankfully we now have evidence that these dogs are alive and well
next we have to look at the pygmy tarcia this is one of the most bizarre looking animals you'll see
in your life these are found in indonesia and are the smallest primate species in the whole country
pygmy tarciers are about the size of a small mouse they measure 4 inches and weigh around 2 pounds
their wide eyes and big ears make them look very cute since 1920 scientists believed this
animal was extinct but 80 years later in 2000 a scientist went to indonesia they wanted to
confirm the pygmy tarsiere was totally extinct but to their surprise they found a live pygmy tarsiere
many other scientists had come before him but they all failed it's unknown how many of
these exist in the wild that's why they're still said to be very endangered but in recent years
some have been caught on camera and right now scientists are working on finding more of them
now we have to look at the smilodon this is one of the scariest extinct animals i've ever seen
smilodons are very vicious creatures they were known for hunting and eating thick-skinned prey
this includes bison horses and macedons smilodons had very short but strong legs
this meant they weren't fast but they could jump very far they also had gigantic saber-like teeth
this would be enough to put an end to any prey a few years back this smilodon was seen in los
angeles many believed it to be real but it turned out to be a very realistic puppet
but don't relax just yet in the near future smilodons may be brought back to life although
they went extinct around 11 000 years ago we do have lots of their remains this includes their
fur their bones and even their stem cells it's believed using cloning technology scientists could
bring these back to life tell me would it be cool to have a smilodon as a pet or would you find that
just a bit too scary moving on let's look at the chacoan peccary the chicoan peccary was one of the
largest mammals in south america in the 1930s these were discovered thanks to fossils no one
imagined they could still be around today so they were declared extinct but in the 1970s a zoologist
found one chicoan peccaries are rarely seen by humans they hang out in the most dense areas of
the jungle hence their nickname pigs from green hell they also have to walk through thorny plants
in the jungle and because of this over many years they've developed very thick skin to this
day they're very rare and you'll never see one in your life unless you go and look but they do still
live in paraguay bolivia and argentina now let's look at the hispanolian solenodon that name is
quite the mouthful these tiny creatures look very cute and kind of weird some describe them as a mix
between a mouse and a pig for many years they were declared extinct but they can actually be found in
cuba haiti and the dominican republic they were only found recently by a dominican zoologist but
even if these look cute do not go anywhere near them hispanolian celenodons are one of the very
few venomous mammals they can spit venom from their mouth they do this to take the life of
their prey their venom can kill an animal as big as a chicken and even other hispanolian celenodons
these animals sometimes get into fights with one another and often times only one of them makes it
out alive now let's go underwater and look at the cholecamp cola camps became extinct in the late
jurassic period that's around 145 million years ago but remember 95 of our oceans are unexplored
so everyone assumed they'd gone extinct but in 1938 off the coast of south africa one was caught
you can actually see this today in the east london museum today the fish is stuffed but scientists
have analyzed it and confirmed it really is a colacanth it's amazing to think this same species
was around 145 million years ago moving on let's look at the madagascar serpent eagle this large
eagle can only be found in madagascar it's one of the most endangered birds in the world they hide
out in the rainforest going after very big prey for many years these were said to be extinct but
in 1993 a researcher found one the scientist was walking in the forest of northeastern madagascar
that's when he saw the presumed extinct bird eating a snake this was the first time this bird
had been seen in over 60 years it's believed there's only 120 of these birds left on earth
today so while they're not yet extinct they may go extinct within your lifetime moving on let's
look at one of the most majestic animals assumed to be extinct this is the caspian horse these are
one of the oldest horse breeds in the world they can date back to 3000 bc for more than 1 000 years
the caspian horse was thought to be extinct that was until it was rediscovered in 1965.
they were found by an american researcher in iran to this day iran is the country with the
highest population of caspian horses it's a good thing this majestic animal is still with us today
finally we have to look at the woolly mammoth the woolly mammoth is basically a gigantic elephant
with tusks they went extinct around 10 000 years ago now there have been some unconfirmed
sightings in siberia but according to the science these guys are extinct for many years it was
thought they went extinct during the ice age but recently woolly mammoth remains have been found
on wrangle island it's believed these woolly mammoths were around only 4 000 years ago it's
believed there were over 1 000 woolly mammoths living on this island today scientists are using
woolly mammoth remains to try and bring them back to life because they lived in cold climates willy
mammoth remains are intact most recently in 1997 a boy found a frozen woolly mammoth in siberia
these woolly mammoths are kept intact naturally thanks to ice by using things like stem cell
technology we may soon be able to bring woolly mammoths out of extinction and back to life just
imagine seeing these roaming around your city but now it's time for you to make your voice heard
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