5 Animals That Scientists Are Trying To Bring Back From Extinction

[@nathanmartyn2403]

I think the Thylacine would be the best to bring back because it could possibly help with the rabbit problems but could also cause problems with animals that are already near extinction

[@alchemy5750]

Exactly what I thought. Tiny Tiger deserves another chance is life.

[@monkfish2047]

And the feral cats, hopefully it'd outcompete them

[@nathanmartyn2403]

@@monkfish2047 it might even eat the cats if we're lucky

[@wcdeich4]

@@nathanmartyn2403 I don't know if we'd be that lucky. Ironically, even though farmers blamed the Thylacine for killing sheep, scientists now estimate its jaw strength was probably not strong enough to kill sheep, so the sheep deaths were probably due to dingos.

[@nathanmartyn2403]

@@wcdeich4 good point and thanks for the info that's a cool fact

[@cadenlikespigs]

I did a project on the animals of New Zealand, and I was surprised that I never heard of Moas before they are so dinosaurs looking and haven’t been extinct for that long. It would be cool to see a Moa one day.

[@TsukiCove]

I love new zealand for all it's unique wildlife and yeah it is a real shame that we can't see them anymore

[@georgenoel3847]

@@TsukiCove I will love to see them but we should let sleeping dogs lied I'm not religious but it go against the natural order and God himself. We should just focus on protecting ones that dying in numbers!

[@WisdomWealthMotivation]

@@TsukiCove 'Twas the KFC for the original Maori settlers... I heard some weird statistic somewhere back in the day 1 of them could go through 10 Moa a week or something stupid

[@qelliami6213]

As a kiwi I can say we would love to have these birds back. Although the idea of one pop out of the bush while your middway through a tramp is terrifying. Then again there is a theory they are still around in Fiordland

[@WisdomWealthMotivation]

@@qelliami6213 Still like lots of people go hunting and fishing and tramping etc in Fiordland there must be some telltale signs, unless there may be a certain area that people doing those sorts of activities would not go, there could be a chance...

[@RUBPROMAL]

I am a biologist and I always had a lot of mixed thoughts on this subject. I really hope that they can bring back the thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) and of these five species that you have showed, this one is the species that can most likely succeed in the wild of our current world. And as an elephant lover: On one hand I would be glad to bring back this beautiful species, but I am also well aware that it might have some big consequences for the species well-being and I highly doubt that it can live on it's own.

[@Felis-Concolor]

It’s not hard to understand that we can artificially impregnate multiple surrogate mother elephants with Mammoth DNA to create a group of them since they prefer being in groups. They wouldn’t just survive, they’d actually thrive in this new environment if they’re put in the right areas. If we didn’t hunt them to extinction they’d be here today. Plus they’d have Asian elephant DNA furthering their chances in todays world.

[@SpinoSam]

there's already an area of the world scientists plan to put them on that apparently has what they need to survive

[@philcavallini9657]

Always enjoy watching ur vids! The thylacine is still believed to have small pockets of living specimens in the island north of New Zealand. Forrest Galante is still searching for them as well as some other enthusiasts. Hopefully they find them and set up a protection system for them! It would be amazing to see one in the flesh alive and well!

[@benmcgill2018]

Yeah Forrest Galante believes that they’re definitely still alive, and I can’t help but stand by him because of his confidence

[@philcavallini9657]

@@benmcgill2018 me 2,3,4,5 and 6! I truly hope they are as well!

[@benmcgill2018]

@@philcavallini9657 it’s not just hope, the stories Forrest Galante tells and the fact that it’s Forrest Galante, somebody who is this major and respectable figure, it makes it so that it can’t not be believed

[@jacklantern7479]

Forest believes there may be some in new guinea

[@benmcgill2018]

@@jacklantern7479 yeah, I’ve heard a few of the stories where locals, without knowing the full story of why the Tasmanian Tiger is special tell him “Yeah I’ve seen that”

[@ItsYaBoi418]

5:26 well, dingoes are an ancient breed of domestic dog that we believe ended up in Australia because of Asian seafarers. If this is the case, then dingoes outcompete thylacines is simply another instance of humans being at fault for the Tasmanian tiger’s extinction.

[@T0mtoma]

New Zealand has many beyond-interesting animals I would like to see them in real life one day :)

[@TsukiCove]

yeah me too i really want to go there, it's so beautiful

[@glub9075]

I live there, you don’t really see them apart from at no predator islands which most can’t be accessed and at sanctuaries which their aren’t many. At most zoos you can see some of the birds and most of the reptiles which is cool though

[@HermanBelmer]

"W-w-what are you doing Steppe Mammoth? You're so big...."

[@rl9217]

New Zealand’s unique fauna has always interested me, and seeing the giant Moa on the list along with a mention of the massive Haast eagle was a pleasant surprise. On that note, I’d like a video on the largest extinct raptors/birds, as many of them tend to not get as much attention, and there’s so many fascinating choices. I really like your content, thanks for the information on so many species.

[@menotme1460]

I love your videos there calming and informational

[@TsukiCove]

Thank you so much i really appreciate it :)

[@ianharbjorn]

As an Environmental Science student. You're videos fascinates me a lot. Thank you for the very informative contents. Love from the Philippines. 😊

[@towman72gmc]

You forgot The Passenger Pigeon Project. They've already bred some passenger pigeon X rock dove squabs.

[@koongubby]

thanks for always bringing attention to some of new zealand’s most interesting fauna. i always love seeing you mention them in your videos

[@gliscornumber151]

I feel like we should develop this technology and see what can and cannot be done with it. Because so many species are facing extinction today this could end up as a vital part in conservation in the future.

[@rainbowoncrack8948]

Problem is I don’t think that they can survive with all of the pollutant’s in the air land and sea.

[@ploopy8780]

By the way, love the video! However, one thing, Elk are deer, so the Irish Elk was a member of the deer family, as are Moose, Elk, Caribou, etc.

[@maxl3189]

Haha I was going to say the same, cervidae is the family genus

[@CrownofMischief]

Something people need to keep in mind is that de-extinction is a multi-step process, which could lead to the development of several new technologies and procedures that could help with conservation of endangered animals. For example, artificial wombs would be a huge thing to work towards, since it would both bypass the need to use endangered animals like elephants and numbats as surrogates as well as opening up the use of them to boost numbers of animals with complicated mating cycles. Barring that, it also necessitates further study into the closest living relatives, which brings a spotlight onto conservation for said animals. One of the thylacine's closest relatives is the numbat, which itself is an endangered species, so studying the reproductive cycles of them could help us better conserve them as well as consider the possibility of having one as a surrogate Then there's the study into how to properly clone a bird, which i don't believe has been done yet. Or really any egg-laying animal. Once that breakthrough finally happens it opens up a whole new avenue of possibilities

[@Cryovenator]

So sad to see these animals extinct

[@Shawnoob]

Love the videos, I'm not sure if you've made a video about this yet but you should make one about plants and trees that are extinct or extremely endangered

[@maxl3189]

The grass tree is beautiful and endangered

[@DoktorNFC]

The moa didn’t raise its head up like the old paleo art usually shows it, mostly holding ots head lower to the ground. Doesn’t mean they couldn’t, but it was their default posture

[@RUBPROMAL]

My idea for an new video: the possibility of rewilding species that are extinct in certain areas, but are different subspecies than the ones that went extinct. One example: the wolf in Japan. Or about the rewilding of other countries than the UK

[@Lane_KellerRW24]

Passenger Pigeon is another one that scientists are trying to bring back also.

[@roberthenahan7885]

Your videos are great. So concise and informative.

[@SenorFatMan]

I am surprized you didn't mention the Aurochs. There are plenty of programs trying to breed it back from cows in Germany and Russia.

[@darkkiller_2127]

Thank you for doing my video request!

[@QuokkaCore]

Is it possible there could be a small isolated Thylacine population in Australia or Tasmania?

[@TsukiCove]

it's possible that there could be a small population out there in a remote areas but there's loads of false sightings

[@jacklantern7479]

New guinea and Australia possibly but they never lived in NZ

[@QuokkaCore]

@@jacklantern7479 Woops I meant Tasmania.

[@MonaAnkeny]

I think they should try to bring back only those that Humans made extinct in the first place.

[@thomasdarnall8912]

One downside I see about bringing back the Irish Elk as well as the rest of these species..... TROPHY HUNTERS.

[@XenoRaptor-98765]

Would you do videos about invasive plant species next?

[@rl9217]

As much as I’d love to see any of the animals on the list in real life, I think it’s important to conserve the species facing extinction right now instead of trying to bring back ones that already gone. But who knows, maybe in the far off future if more species get the conservation they need for their numbers to bounce back we could potentially then start working on bringing back what we took away long ago. Anyways, very good video as always.

[@TheBlkKat]

In the case of the Thylacene, part of the supporting argument is that it could help Australia's endangered native species by predating on or out competing invasive animals. The Pleistocene Park project is a process with people trying to refurbish the Mammoth Steppe by bringing in various species of megafauna with the idea that it could contribute to efforts to combat climate change which is where the idea to bring in the Wooly Mammoth comes into play.

[@spaalqutsi]

I really hope that the Salish wool dog is brought back, the wool dog was a huge part of Coast Salish culture and I really think it could help out the salish communities. The USAs only native parrot I think should be brought back along with the passenger pigeon, idk if the steller's sea cow has any serving DNA?, There r was a native sea bird from the pnw of North America I forget it's name, also it would be amazing to bring back the great auk

[@lightningboltt5437]

You mean the labrodar duck

[@Littleminkus]

Amazing vid as always

[@TsukiCove]

thank you i appreciate it :)

[@nemno8119]

I love your videos

[@TsukiCove]

Thank you i really appreciate it :)

[@WisdomWealthMotivation]

When you mentioned deforestation you showed a block of pines being cut down, which is kinda for the timber trade, and not native to New Zealand, and they are manmade. Although very good video!

[@kaijuar2003]

I still PERSONALLY believe some of these animals are still alive. We just need to find them. Some reports of small moas, reports of mammoths in Alaska and the Nahanni Valley as well as sightings of Thylacine in both Australia and Tasmania MAY suggest they are still alive. Of course there's no evidence of their survival we must never rule out the possibilities. Irish Elk mostly is likely extinct, and the same MIGHT go for the Huia as well(but I'm not sure after all it was a small bird). Yeah, bringing them back is a bad thing since the world has changed too much and the risk of birth defects and viral infections would be very high. Another is that they aren't gonna live for that long being in a world different from when they first lived.

[@dramaboy41]

Yes please, I want Passenger Pigeons back

[@cinthialara386]

Thanks for the video,you are an impressive youtuber,by the way we are in 2024 the scientists have already warned that the mammoth will be resurected by 2027,but the question is on what dates are they going to resurrect the moa,saber toothed tiger,wolly rhinoceros, megatherium,irish elk and cave lions?

[@cynthia9]

So sad birds are the hardest to clone because moas are so cool and I would love to see one ...maybe just the bush moa though

[@Svensk7119]

Elk are a form of deer, just a name reserved for the largest if them.

[@jennifersilves4195]

I don't remember the details, but the woolly mammoth program is partly to rehabilitate arctic habitats.

[@littlebro1818]

As an Australian I'm so hoping for the Thylacine to come back ❤️🙏

[@ShoaibKhan-wv8zc]

Damn Manfred and Ellie will be happy after this 😂

[@itsjustjaydenandgames1262]

I always freak out when u post these stuff!

[@TsukiCove]

I'm glad you like them :)

[@itsjustjaydenandgames1262]

@@TsukiCove I don’t like them I love them!

[@youraveragephesh3173]

6:23 SEVEN FOOT FRAME RATS ALONG HIS BACK I need to stop with the encanto memes

[@ItsmeUVie]

🎵 We don't talk about Irish elk-no-no-no

[@CountBMonty]

With the Irish elk, there's plenty of old estates in the UK that are already deer parks or could easily become them to keep Irish Elk and see how they'd manage today

[@rodneymcdermott5303]

I personally think bringing back animals that are only a few hundred years gone, would be fairly ethical and possibly helpful for most ecosystems. Anything older than that could have some hefty consequences. Just my thoughts

[@amemestar6389]

Tsuki believe it or not woolly mammoths could be back from extinction sooner then what you think in 2027 if the resurrection is successful.

[@pokemaster123ism]

If a mammoth or mastodon were to be brought back, they would have to be kept in North America, Russia or the Nordic countries as these are the only places with the right sort of climate and habitat for them

[@ralfreinartz3562]

It would still be best and a lot cheaper, to not let such species go extinct. Even taking into account, that measures such as in-situ protection and ex-situ support of wild populations are expensive and that the respective habitat needs to be preserved/ protected as well. The current wave of extinctions is still ongoing.

[@jassonford7269]

How about a video about invasive species of Italy

[@thenecroticraptor8338]

If there's any "old" animal I think would deserve a second chance, it's the thylacine. We unfairly killed them off just because of the _fear_ that they might hunt livestock, and the last thylacine's death was literally caused by human negligence.

[@xandriatyson6834]

Id love to see the thylacine brought back

[@gontrandjojo9747]

Id love to see the tiger not gone in the next 100 years. Instead of dreaming to bring back extinct species, let's protect those who are endangered.

[@SpinoSam]

@@gontrandjojo9747 bruv, there's billions of humans on Earth. Has it ever occured to you that we could do *both*?

[@Adolfitotherevenant2003]

I hope that one day these animals can once again walk the planet

[@mattthegamer7070]

I need more videos like this

[@TsukiCove]

I'll make more in the future :)

[@mattthegamer7070]

@@TsukiCove :)

[@jonathanroberts-bj7yl]

Woolly Rhinoceroses and Dodos should be included.

[@shawnohagan5503]

Great video

[@TsukiCove]

thanks i appreciate it :)

[@blu12gaming44]

2:45 Apparently you never heard of the 'Chick in a Cup' experiment, where chickens are grown inside a cup in a lab. If anything it's easier to grow them in vitro than it is for mammals or other animals requiring connection to an umbilical cord.

[@ridwil7753]

Could you do an episode covering 5 of the weirdest dinos

[@redleg1971]

The Caribbean monk seal, passenger pigeon, Carolina parakeet, and dodo bird should all be brought back first along with the Thylacine, Huia, and the Baiji dolphin. Once they are re-established and the cloning process has the bugs worked out, then worry about bringing back the mammoth and other selected large species, like the Barbary lion, the Irish elk, or the California brown bear. Do NOT bring back large predatory ice age animals such as the sabertooth cat.

[@claudiostraniero4919]

And Rodriguez Solitaire, Great Auk, Sicilian Wolf, Bali tiger, Java Tiger, Newton Parakeet ,Cave Bear,Cave hyena, Red Macaw of Cuba ?

[@benmcgill2018]

Excellent video, I wouldn’t disagree with more of these videos

[@jasonsantos3037]

Everyone has a dream they think they'll bring back a dinosaur but DNA over 65 million years ago Will not bring back a dinosaur but bring back extinct mammals and birds now be interesting

[@seanverdi9236]

Again just brilliant content

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I so hope we can bring back the Moah. They fascinate me. I hope we learn to bring back animals. Tasmanian tigers. Dodo birds 🦤

[@chereecargill355]

Isn't there a project already underway to backbreed the quagga from close zebra species? I also read recently of a project in Europe to backbreed the aurocks from close cattle species.

[@Shimo2130]

You deserve way more

[@TsukiCove]

than you i really appreciate it :)

[@jeffreywickens3379]

You're playing God when you bring them back, but you're NOT playing God when you kill them all? Which is worse, bringing them back or killing them all?

[@harleyquinn5774]

Bring back the ones wiped out by man within that last 2,000 years.

[@prehistoricanimations922]

How did that crocodile ended up without head :0

[@synivy4576]

There was a small population of Mammoths that survived on an island and went extinct just about 3,000 years ago…Cleopatra walked the earth with mammoths very interesting

[@lenwenzel7440]

I know the Wooly Mammoth will be born near the end of 2024 and will be placed in an isolated valley in Siberia. The Australian Thylacine is being resurrected from extinction too.

[@carlos.-.618]

Anybody know the name of the birds in 1:10 ?

[@ItsmeUVie]

Birb

[@zomgoat5333]

I think bringing back the thylacine would be good for the ecosystem as they went extinct so recently they still would fit in the ecosystem and would help reduce invasive small mammal population

[@paristo213]

3:15 what are you doing step mammoth

[@hotepsalam]

Why bring back these wonderful beast when our wonderful planet won’t be here for much longer

[@Randomname235]

Good point

[@SinisterOL]

I actually did a project about this in school almost 2 years ago cause this kind of thing fascinated me

[@apss5736]

Awesome video as always

[@cadenlikespigs]

Hi

[@apss5736]

Ello ello

[@LewisZilla]

Could you also use robert wadlow for reference when comparing the size of things to humans?

[@HappyMatt12345]

I don't think it's a good idea to bring extinct species back in general, but I kinda stand in exception when it comes to the Thylacine because it was pretty much our fault they went extinct in the first place. I don't know, I almost view it as redemption for past human mistakes. The thing with any Pliestocene animal is that their extinction came with the end of the Pliestocene so even if we weren't a factor, they may have gone extinct without us but the Thylacine was our own doing.

[@tommymessinaiii1737]

It's kind of like Jurassic Park except there are no dinosaurs.

[@antoniaalpaca]

That would be a cool power rangers team idea... imagine this 5 as zords

[@datdumbguy1067]

Tbh, the only animals We should bring back are the ones thats still supposed to exist, like the Auroch, the Earlier lion range, that Bear that lived In North Africa, and such.

[@SwedishInfantryGB]

The Irish elk was a scam. It didn’t live up to its name

[@ShinySalazzle]

I REALLY want to see a Paraceratherium irl.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

I see neither a moral or ecological argument in not bringing back creatures where humans were in part the cause of the extinction.

[@AFloridaSon]

Thanks. I hope you're doing well, and of course, we all hope Arnie is is too. 😁✌️

[@melonking281]

Screw jurassic Park get ready for... Ice age park! I'm sorry jurassic park you made my childhood but you are not possible in todays technology

[@hectorchavez1807]

Is our technology more advanced towards the genetic modification and cloning of mammals than it is to oviparous?

[@andreizillathegojira1954]

Can you do 5 most popular dinosaurs

[@USDThemeParks]

now we need to bring back Palaeoloxodon with Loxodonta Cyclotis

[@walkflx]

good job tsuki

[@losmasgoods]

I hope that the mammoth will be resurrected by 2028 and the dodo by 2027 but the question is when will the moa,wolly rhinos and Irish elk be revived?

[@Gamer-Rex]

If it’s a animal that went extinct because of humans, I think they should be brought back to life

[@minthantlin9168]

I am one Team It's Not A Good Idea To Bring Back The Woolly Mammoth. But there are other species I'd like to see brought back, including every other animal in this video ( minus the Irish elk ). They are - Dodo Golden toad Passenger pigeon Great auk Carolina parakeet Broad billed parrot Auroch Quagga Pyrenean ibex ( no harm in trying it again ....... Hopefully 🤞 🙏)

[@tadblackington1676]

As far as conservation goes its probably more useful to think in terms of ecosystems rather than exact species. Mammuthus (mammoths) is gone, but its close relative elephas (asian elephant) is still alive. What if these living elephants were introduced into areas along the southern edges of mammoths range and given corridors to expand north? The function of elephants would be restored to those environments. An endangered species would have its numbers and range expanded. And given a chance to expand into colder environments evolution might fairly quickly come up with a neo-mammuth. As large as elephants are they are pre-adapted to deal with colder climates with only a little bit of evolution. Places like New Zealand present another challenge in that their fauna was unique and there are no similar species elsewhere in the world. In addition the original ecosystem in New Zealand was without mammals except bats. Now mammals are in New Zealand and they are there to stay, people and sheep aren't leaving. What if a two pronged strategy was pursued? On the North and South Islands what if a hybrid ecosystem was pursued? Possums and tahr will remain but might be joined by ratites(emus or cassowaries) and large eagles to add elements of the original ecosystem. But in general conservation on the main islands should be aimed at establishing working ecosystems rather than restoring the original ones. However New Zealand's unique biota also needs to be protected. To this end island arks need to be established. Wekas, tuataras, kiwis and kakapos etc need homes and while pushing the ecosystem of the main islands back to a pre human state is too heavy a lift, Stewat island?, Aukland islands?, Kermadecs? They might be doable as far as roling back time as it were and providing sustainable homes for refugees from the main islands.

[@kamatsutra7031]

Well, bringing moas or dodos back to life is basically bringing back dinosaur species. Because birds are dinosaurs

[@dinonoobster4460]

I think all of these creatures except the mammoth should get brought back

[@sonugoswami8720]

Elephant Bird also huge bird 🐦

[@jonathanfornwalt4919]

I support attempting to revive the Carolina parakeet and to a lesser extent the Passenger pigeon. They were both wiped out by man in the first half of the 20th century. The Carolina parakeet being an egregious crime because they were killed for feathers that were put in hats.

[@gloriakalebe9217]

Reinhold Rau brought the Quagga back from Extinction

[@tyranitararmaldo]

5:19 There actually was no evidence Thylacine's preyed on livestock. The infamous photo of one with a chicken in its mouth was created by using a stuffed one. Not sure the original person's intent, but it seemed like pure malice.

[@nathanmartyn2403]

And could you do a 5 invasive species in manitoba

[@keirab5191]

I totally believe that we should bring any animal that went extinct back when the extinct was brought on by humans. killing them an destroying the habit.