Favorite Extinct Animal

Danny Himself · 05.03.2007, 05:36 PM

So I was reading up on extinct animals today- I really should have been working, but I got sidetracked after I discovered the Thylacine, a dog-like marsupial that was announced extinct in the 80s. They looked really great. This led me to investigate other extinct and interesting creatures.

Thylacine, Australia (most recently Tasmania)

Glyptodon (North America)

Woolly Rhinoceros, British Isles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_animals Do some reading on the hundreds of extinct animals documented here. Do you have a favorite?

!@#$%! · 05.03.2007, 05:40 PM

our neanderthal cousins, of course

Hip Priest · 05.03.2007, 05:42 PM

Trilobites.

the ikara cult · 05.03.2007, 05:45 PM

That half Zebra half horse thing is cool

LifeDistortion · 05.03.2007, 05:49 PM

The Dodo of course, because its the celebrity of extinct animals. When something is going extinct we say, "Its going the way of the Dodo."

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.03.2007, 05:51 PM

There are a lot to choose from.

Danny Himself · 05.03.2007, 05:51 PM

Dodos were very silly, very naive. Apparently because they had never seen humans before, they did not fear them, so they just ran right up to them to see what they were. Before they knew it, they'd been eaten and eventually the whole species had been wiped out.

Fools.

Phlegmscope · 05.03.2007, 05:56 PM

Dinosaurs obviously. Can't be specific about which one though...

pantophobia · 05.03.2007, 06:14 PM

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

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

and one of the only animals to ever to have the date of their demise recorded
Passenger Pigeon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon

Cardinal Rob · 05.03.2007, 06:28 PM

Now that's a horn.

Phlegmscope · 05.03.2007, 06:57 PM

Also the giant sloth.

jico. · 05.03.2007, 07:20 PM

not extinct, but threatening extinction:

the iberian lynx.

they say this is probably the next felidae to be extinct(the last one was the smilodon)... in a very short term.

smilodon

Prisstina · 05.03.2007, 07:25 PM

Dinosaurs!!!!!!!!!

Cardinal Rob · 05.03.2007, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phlegmscope

Also the giant sloth.

That's the one! Brilliant creatures!

lungfish · 05.03.2007, 07:34 PM

easily.

drrrtyboots · 05.03.2007, 07:35 PM

Daycare Nation!

floatingslowly · 05.03.2007, 08:41 PM

Unicorns

hunted to extinction due to the "male enhancement" effects of the horn.

FruitLoop · 05.03.2007, 09:17 PM

The Archaeopteryx, for two main reasons - one being its importance in the history of paleontology/phylogenetics/etc..., as well as being an absolutely killer word in scrabble, which comes highly recommended.

noumenal · 05.03.2007, 09:38 PM

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker:

But it may not be extinct! There have been sightings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, and so on recently. I read a book about this by the dudes at the Cornell Lab of Ornothology. I've seen stuffed ones - it's a beautiful bird. There's a video of a sighting from 2004:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vo.../1114103S1.mov

I don't know, you've got to be an incredible birder to tell what that is.

SynthethicalY · 05.03.2007, 09:41 PM

!@#$%! you neanderthal.

05.03.2007, 05:36 PM	#1
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	So I was reading up on extinct animals today- I really should have been working, but I got sidetracked after I discovered the Thylacine, a dog-like marsupial that was announced extinct in the 80s. They looked really great. This led me to investigate other extinct and interesting creatures. Thylacine, Australia (most recently Tasmania) Glyptodon (North America) Woolly Rhinoceros, British Isles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_animals Do some reading on the hundreds of extinct animals documented here. Do you have a favorite?
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 05:40 PM	#2
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	our neanderthal cousins, of course
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 05:42 PM	#3
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Trilobites. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 05:45 PM	#4
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	That half Zebra half horse thing is cool
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 05:49 PM	#5
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	The Dodo of course, because its the celebrity of extinct animals. When something is going extinct we say, "Its going the way of the Dodo."
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 05:51 PM	#6
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	There are a lot to choose from.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 05:56 PM	#8
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	Dinosaurs obviously. Can't be specific about which one though...
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 06:14 PM	#9
pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	Diprotodon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprotodon Aurochs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs and one of the only animals to ever to have the date of their demise recorded Passenger Pigeon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 06:28 PM	#10
Cardinal Rob the destroyed room Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the O.. O.. Organ Loft, West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 553	Now that's a horn. __________________ lastFM \| RYM \| MySpace
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 06:57 PM	#11
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	Also the giant sloth.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 07:20 PM	#12
jico. expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,417	not extinct, but threatening extinction: the iberian lynx. they say this is probably the next felidae to be extinct(the last one was the smilodon)... in a very short term. smilodon
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 07:25 PM	#13
Prisstina the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Killwaukee Posts: 996	Dinosaurs!!!!!!!!! __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 07:34 PM	#15
lungfish bad moon rising Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nyc Posts: 236	easily.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 07:35 PM	#16
drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	Daycare Nation! __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 08:41 PM	#17
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	Unicorns hunted to extinction due to the "male enhancement" effects of the horn.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 09:17 PM	#18
FruitLoop children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 323	The Archaeopteryx, for two main reasons - one being its importance in the history of paleontology/phylogenetics/etc..., as well as being an absolutely killer word in scrabble, which comes highly recommended.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 09:38 PM	#19
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Ivory-Billed Woodpecker: But it may not be extinct! There have been sightings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, and so on recently. I read a book about this by the dudes at the Cornell Lab of Ornothology. I've seen stuffed ones - it's a beautiful bird. There's a video of a sighting from 2004: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vo.../1114103S1.mov I don't know, you've got to be an incredible birder to tell what that is.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.03.2007, 09:41 PM	#20
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	!@#$%! you neanderthal.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|