what would be on your ark?

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thecheetah805

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Attenborough's ark was shown on BBC 4 again last night and it got me thinking; what ten animals would be on your personal ark? this is not necessarily your favourite animals, but the animals that you couldn't lose and that you would like to save from extinction. Your ark should represent the variety of life on earth and the animals on it don't have to be endangered. Good luck! :)
 
Black rhinoceroses
Masai giraffes
Sunda clouded leopards
Chimpanzees
Bornean orangutans
Hyacinth macaws
Chattering lories
King vultures
Eastern green mambas
Indochinese spitting cobras

:o
 
Nikola Chavkosk said:
Eastern green mambas
Indochinese spitting cobras
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Don't forget to squeeze in a well-equipped and -staffed ICU then...

The concept of an ark for conservation might be philosophically and religiously pleasing, but is practically unfeasible.

As for the practicability to survive on a large wooden ship and sustain oneself , I'd be rather tempted to have only species useful for human survival come along, such as
- Honey bees
- Goats
- Sheep
- Dogs
- Guinea Pigs
- Chicken
- Pigeons
- African sharptooth catfish
- Achatina sp.
- Giant tortoises
 
Batto said:
Don't forget to squeeze in a well-equipped and -staffed ICU then...

The concept of an ark for conservation might be philosophically and religiously pleasing, but is practically unfeasible.

As for the practicability to survive on a large wooden ship and sustain oneself , I'd be rather tempted to have only species useful for human survival come along, such as
- Honey bees
- Goats
- Sheep
- Dogs
- Guinea Pigs
- Chicken
- Pigeons
- African sharptooth catfish
- Achatina sp.
- Giant tortoises
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Yes Batto of corse that you are right! Just one question, why you listed giant tortoises?

This just like for fun. But I wold love to keep and care well after those (mine listed) animals in a zoo.

It also seems that you are replying most commonly in the day of snake in Chinese zodiac, as today is (11 may), wich is the most tense day (and most intelectual and when things can quicklu go out of control, I wold never work directly with venomous snakes on day like this!) from a 12-day serie... yesterday was the most positive day- Dragon. I am born in the year of the snake, but in the day of the tiger, you? :p
 
Regarding giant tortoises: read the "Dangerously Edible" passage
QI : Quite Interesting

As I don't care much if any about astrology, I cannot answer your question nor do I see any reason to do so.

Ask any zoo vet and he/she will probably tell you that they wouldn't mind having the chimps leave their respective zoo for good...not the nicest animals to take care of.
 
Assuming it would be to save complex land animals from being wiped out, I'd go with...

Brown bear
Coyote
Brown rat
Domestic cat
Wild Boar
Rhesus macaque
Common brushtail possum
House sparrow
Rose ringed parakeet
Common raven

These animals are all pretty adaptable,so they'd recolonise the land without much trouble.
 
Posting two lists; in the vein of Attenborough's special mentioned in the first post, here are the species I'd most like to preserve and save immediately:

Sunda pangolin
Iberian lynx
Sumatran rhino
Saola
Vaquita
Kagu
Kakapo
Gharial
Olm
West Indian coelacanth

As far as (terrestrial & freshwater) species I'd preserve were every landmass on Earth in immediate danger:

Horse (both for domestication and to be released into wilderness)
Dog (same)
Domestic cat (same)
Brown rat
Carrion crow
Any small colubrid snake (grass snake, garter, etc)
Rainbow trout
Western honey bee
Any ant species
Any termite species
 
For my ark I've chosen animals that are significant in history and their use/Symbolism to us.

1. Western Honey Bee: Food creation
2. Grey Wolf: Domestication
3. North American Beaver: Ability to alter environment
4. European Carp: Aquaculture
5. Domestic Horse: Transportation
6. Elephant: Ultimate beast of burden
7. Lion: King of animals
8. Domestic Goat: Milk
9. Egyptian Mongoose: Pest control
10. European Medical Leech: Medical reasons
 
Sun Bear
Cuban Solenodon
Irrawaddy dolphin
Basilisk lizard
Chinese pangolin
Sumatran rhino (like Attenborough's Ark)
Whale shark
Vancouver Island Marmot
European Mink
Malagasy civet (Fanaloka)
Visayan warty pig
Dugong
 
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