Out of these species, which would you bring back to Life?

What Species would you bring back from the dead?

  • Thylacine

    Votes: 15 33.3%

  • Dodo bird

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • Passenger pigeon

    Votes: 3 6.7%

  • Great auk

    Votes: 3 6.7%

  • Steller's sea cow

    Votes: 12 26.7%

  • Baiji

    Votes: 2 4.4%

  • Bali tiger

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 5 11.1%
  • Total voters
    45
  • Poll closed .
CheeseChameleon1945

CheeseChameleon1945

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Sadly, a lot of these species have gone extinct in recent years, and my goal when I grow up is to stop this from happening any more. The vote options may cause controversy, as maybe their favorite extinct animal wasn't included, and thats why the "other" category exists. But if you had the chance to bring any single species alive, what would it be?
Leave your thoughts and reasonings on which why you chose the option you did, I would love to hear it. :)
 
Actually, could a moderator please move this to the Zoo cafe forum if possible? I completely forgot to start my thread there.
 
And I hate to be posting a lot, but apparently that feature where I can look at the results of how many votes were selected per choice and who voted for that choice isn't able to be accessed on this thread, anyone else know how to fix that? I was able to do this feature on my other poll, I must have made a mistake.
 
All the animals on your list are very interesting and it is extremely sad that they are no longer with us but I find questions like this almost impossible to answer. How can you compare a thylacine to a passenger pigeon or choose between a dodo and a Steller's sea cow?

Out of the animals on your list I would probably choose thylacine with dodo coming a close second.

However there are so many other animals that could have have been listed such as quagga, Falkland Island "wolf", blaubok....

I actually voted "other" and decided to choose blaubok as probably the first large African mammal to be exterminated by European settlers.
 
No such thing as a ‘dodo bird’. It’s a dodo.
But yes, all of these, and then some. Agree with Tim above.
I’ll put in a special plea for the two Cnemiornus species (large New Zealand flightless geese)
 
Tim May said:
All the animals on your list are very interesting and it is extremely sad that they are no longer with us but I find questions like this almost impossible to answer. How can you compare a thylacine to a passenger pigeon or choose between a dodo and a Steller's sea cow?

Out of the animals on your list I would probably choose thylacine with dodo coming a close second.

However there are so many other animals that could have have been listed such as quagga, Falkland Island "wolf", blaubok....

I actually voted "other" and decided to choose blaubok as probably the first large African mammal to be exterminated by European settlers.
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FBBird said:
No such thing as a ‘dodo bird’. It’s a dodo.
But yes, all of these, and then some. Agree with Tim above.
I’ll put in a special plea for the two Cnemiornus species (large New Zealand flightless geese)
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Well, thats why the "other" category exists. This is an extremely hard question to answer, but thats probably why I created this poll. I wanted challenge.
 
Tetzoo Quizzer said:
Thylacine please; most distinctive (unique family), and, with a more prevalent conservation attitude, should have a chance of survival. Mind you, I’d love to have Great Auk on my British list!
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Yes, I voted the Thylacine as well. They are such a Unique species, and for being one of the few Carnivorous Marsupials.
 
None of them actually, so I can't vote in this poll unfortunately.

Let me explain, I think it is heartbreaking that these animals are extinct and in some way reading about these holocene extinctions and what drove these species from the face of the earth made me resolve to become a conservationist.

However, I would not bring back any of them to life because I think they serve a poignant lesson as extinct species to humanity of our terrible impact on the natural world / biodiversity.

Instead I'd prefer to focus on the conservation of species that are still extant and that are close to the prescipice of extinction and bring those back.

If on the other hand the question was "Which of these extinct species would you have liked to have seen?" then I would answer straight away that it would be the thylacine because they were a truly fascinating species.
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
None of them actually, so I can't vote in this poll unfortunately.

Let me explain, I think it is heartbreaking that these animals are extinct and in some way reading about these holocene extinctions and what drove these species from the face of the earth made me resolve to become a conservationist.

However, I would not bring back any of them to life because I think they serve a poignant lesson as extinct species to humanity of our terrible impact on the natural world / biodiversity.

Instead I'd prefer to focus on the conservation of species that are still extant and that are close to the prescipice of extinction and bring those back.

If on the other hand the question was "Which of these extinct species would you have liked to have seen?" then I would answer straight away that it would be the thylacine because they were a truly fascinating species.
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Very wise decision, thanks for sharing. Yes, It is a bit of a challenge to choose something to bring back, and It does serve a purpose that can now be a story told by people all around the world. I guess what I meant was if you could bring back one animal to see for one day, what would it be? Not entirely brought back to life, just for you to be able to see one.
 
CheeseChameleon2007 said:
Very wise decision, thanks for sharing. Yes, It is a bit of a challenge to choose something to bring back, and It does serve a purpose that can now be a story told by people all around the world. I guess what I meant was if you could bring back one animal to see for one day, what would it be? Not entirely brought back to life, just for you to be able to see one.
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By some strange magical spell or alchemy bringing back an extinct species to see in the flesh for one day ?

Probably the thylacine, but then again I would think why would I want this ?

I mean I've seen taxidermy specimens in museums, skins and bones and skeletons of them and those are poignant and tragic enough to motivate me as a conservationist.
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
By some strange magical spell or alchemy bringing back an extinct species to see in the flesh for one day ?

Probably the thylacine, but then again I would think why would I want this ?

I mean I've seen taxidermy specimens in museums, skins and bones and skeletons of them and those are poignant and tragic enough and motivate me as a conservationist.
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Yes, it may sound silly but It would be cool to see one.
It would just be interesting to see alive, thats all. In My opinion much more interesting than seeing bones of dead specimens.
 
CheeseChameleon2007 said:
Yes, it may sound silly but It would be cool to see one.
It would just be interesting to see alive, thats all. In My opinion much more interesting than seeing bones of dead specimens.
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No, its not silly, it is an interesting thought experiment for sure.

But I just can't really answer as although I find these extinct species fascinating and their stories tragic I'm too focused on the tragedy of the species still with us which will soon be joining them in oblivion.
 
From an economic, rational pov: the Steller's sea cow. Given its original final habitat, ecological niche and behavior, it is the least likely of the mentioned species to collide with human interests. Furthermore, it could both attract (green) tourism into an otherwisely rarely visited part of the world and, as part of a commercial breeding program, be harvested for its meat, providing the locals with nutrition and a sustainable income.
 
I have chosen the passenger pigeon. I feel that its extinction is the most senseless of any animal species exterminated by people. While I would want the other listed species to be 'brought back to life', the passenger pigeon was an abundant, successful species and should still be thriving. Relatively recently, I read that it could be bred in captivity, despite previously reading that it needed to live in vast colonies. If it could be brought back to life and were left unmolested, I believe it could thrive again. I am more sceptical about some of the other listed species, especially as suitable habitat is more limited for some species than it was when they were alive.
 
Dassie rat said:
I am more sceptical about some of the other listed species, especially as suitable habitat is more limited for some species than it was when they were alive.
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But wouldn't that be the main issue when re-introducing the passenger pigeon? Only very, very few Americans and Canadians would appreciate giant flocks of pigeons devouring their crops, defecating all over (you know how some car lovers go crazy about one pigeon defecating on their cars? Now imagine their fury with millions of pigeon droppings...) and colliding with planes.

As for the lack of sense regarding extinction: that would fit to others on the list as well. Like the Great Auk, whose last chance of survival was obliterated due to greed and mindless violence.
 
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