Extinct Animals we Should REVIVE

[@cameronsalmon1314]

Bring the Tasmanian Tiger to Australia to help with the rabbit infestation

[@deadlydingus1138]

Also, the reason they went extinct is was just unfair.

[@under6075]

Their main opposition would be the giant spiders

[@awesomeguy9513]

Let’s just turn Australia into the testing zone for revived animals species, there’s already a lot of crazy stuff there let’s stir the pot more

[@lordfabulous6198]

​@@under6075the WHAT?

[@lizyfoxXD]

@@awesomeguy9513 You know...That would be a interesting concept for a book or movie...

[@emperortethysusdacertified8175]

Time to hit y'all with some fun facts. The African Elephant is actually an *older* species than the Woolly Mammoth. Pelagornis has a rival for for the title of "largest flying bird to ever exist" known as Argentavis. It was a teratorn, which were basically new world vultures that decided they wanted to be eagles. There are modern gorilla species that eat bamboo. They aren't as existentially incompetent as pandas so Gigantopithecus probably wasn't either. Direwolves aren't actually wolves. It was discovered a good while back that they're a completely seperate species. Dunkleosteus' "teeth" are actually plates of pure bone. Because having a giant jagged crusher teeth bear trap mouth just wasn't hard-core enough. We actually have a pretty solid understanding of why Megalodon went extinct. Climate change caused a massive shift in oceanic ecosystems during its time, killing off the smaller, faster breeding whale species that were basically the cows of the sea at that time while the larger species moved to colder polar waters that Megalodon could not survive in. This is also what killed off Livyatan, which was a sperm whale that had the same dietary plan as Meg. Pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs. They're archosaurs, making them related in the same way crocodiles are, but aren't dinosaurs proper. Also most of the more advanced pterosaur species like Pteranodon, Quetzalcoatlus, and Thallasodromeus were capable of *literally galloping like horses because flight wasn't enough for them.* And then you had the wukongopterids, a group of pterosaurs that beat us to the punch on opposable thumbs by 100+ million years. Not a fun fact but Spinosaurus should've been on this list for no particular reason other than to make the people who keep arguing on whether it could swim or not finally shut up.

[@nathanstoysandmore]

finally someone who knows that pterosaurs arent dinosaurs

[@william3100]

Dire wolf not being part of the same species doesn't make them less of wolves. They are a different kind or different species of wolf. Still makes them a wolf.

[@ShadeGaming4444]

scientists successfully bringing back a dinosaur just to drown it to prove a point is something i can absolutely see happening

[@eybaza6018]

The Spinosaurus one is real

[@diegoquezada3193]

@@william3100 Except they aren't, wolves and dire wolves last shared a common ancestor 5.7 million years ago, their similarities are a result of convergent evolution, however they are no longer considered apart of the genus canis. As it is now believed that african jackals are the closest living relatives of dire wolves instead of gray wolves.

[@riohudson9612]

Fun fact about Megalodon since you mentioned it! Because of how friggin massive it was, it was not only unrelated to the great white, but probably didn't resemble a white as much as thought. Great Whites are generally considered shorter and wider than other sharks, due to the amount of muscle on their body. Good for tearing apart prey and traveling long distances, but not good for speed. At Megalodon's size, this sort of thickness would make it impossible to feasibly hunt it's prey. There'd simply be too much drag compared to a more slender and elongated body. So while it was definitely as long as fossils suggest, it was also very likely incredibly slender for its size. Simply put, Megalodon may have also been a sea-serpent.

[@Anonymous-73]

Ah hell naw we are not making Subnautica real

[@rexyjp1237]

​@@Anonymous-73triassic oceans, enough said.

[@XD-sc4ix]

You know the idea that it actually looked like a giant sea serpent does make sense when you consider that we have tons of ancient paintings and folklore tales about sea serpents than those about giant sharks

[@riohudson9612]

@@XD-sc4ix I was just going off of hydrodynamics. Being big enough to hunt whales is not the same as being fast or agile enough to catch them. If Megalodon were based on the body type of a great white, it would need a tailfin as big as it's entire body to outpace a whale. It wouldn't even be able to account for if the whale can simply barrel roll out the way, not to mention it'd be a fatal weak point. Whales are incredibly maneuverable for their size, meaning any predator that wants to eat them needs to be even faster and more agile. In the same vein as how blue sharks are really long and skinny in order to make tight turns to catch tuna and such. A Megalodon would need the same serpentine shape to effectively turn and keep pursuit of a whale. Synergize that with 65 tons of muscle, and you have the most effective giant-killer ever evolved in the seas.

[@ICEsToRm9991]

As if it wasn't cool enough.

[@oORaytakuOo]

I've been following the news of the tasmanian tiger de-extinction project for awhile and recently they've made some pretty big strides in reconstructing their genome, especially since they were able to get some RNA samples from a museum specimen recently. The scientists working on the project are saying that given the current pace they're at, they'll be able to bring back the tasmanian tiger around 2030

[@darksidegryphon5393]

It would be hilarious if by then, we rediscovered extant populations of tylacines.

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

Haven't wild dingos already nowadays do basically what the tylacine used to?

[@King-crustacean]

@@darkzeroprojects4245nah there bigger therefor they take up a different place in the food chain dingos do eat similar stuff that’s why they went extinct however the thylacine did eat some smaller animals like rabbits. Plus there native and it’s our fault there extinct plus I wanna pet one

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

@@King-crustacean Of course you'd say that in the last sentence -_-. And yeah, but I don't find playing god to revive a species is a good idea. They MIGHT be still out there since areas of land are STILL nearly impossible for people to explore.

[@aligaterr5137]

​@@darkzeroprojects4245Ok, there is indirect evidence that Thylacines went extict later than official date (continued unconfirmed sightings of similar frequency on the same locations pre- and post- extinction date). It is in theory possible that there is a small population remaining to this day. The problem is that it certainly would be in a bad shape (high probability of inbreeding, fixed genetical diseases etc.). The project to revive Thylacine will very much be beneficial in the case still living population Is found, because it would need unrelated individuals to make the population long-term sustainable. Tldr: Best case scenario: living Thylacines are found and the revival project will help keep the population stable, without "playing god".

[@The-Singularity-X01]

In regards to the Tasmanian Tiger... there are two problems. First is that there are no Marsupials related 'closely' enough to it to use them as surrogates, so we'd have to test-tube baby em. Second... there is nowhere for them to live, as all of the areas they used to inhabit are just not suitable for them anymore because of human activity.

[@PaleoGuy07]

About second we can make like idk nature resarve or special zoo and than rise money for ye know their return. First one is good argument tho i need to say

[@WWNbroadcasts]

Scientists think we could bring them back soon and I hope they do they cause they deserved so much better And also they are cute

[@Daralexen]

There is an ongoing project to revive the thylacine, and they already have the surrogates in the form of the fat-tailed dunnart due to all marsupials being the size of a grain of rice at birth. They still have locations to live in extremely remote areas of Tasmania and Papua New Guinea.

[@tsarkiel8471]

😔

[@sansthedunker5685]

@@DaralexenYou saw the video with Tassie, didn’t you.

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

Fun fact: Horses evolved to run as fast as they do partly because of Terror Birds. Early horses were a big part of their diet. Early horses were pony sized and not as big as they are now. Like 12-13HH max

[@mlgodzilla4206]

Well, by the time terror birds evolved, horses were already rather large. Early hoses were the prey of mammal predators, the large bird you might be thinking of has been reevaluated to be a herbivore

[@hamishstewart5324]

@@KevinRAAMAAAGE actually, I’m pretty sure that bird, gastornis, was later confirmed to be a herbivore.

[@ukotoa1639]

Bring back nigersaurus, it’s a sauropod the size of a cow imagine the belly rubs

[@brassholee]

you sure you don't want them back just because of the name?

[@BasedGrandmasKitchen]

what cows are 30 foot long???

[@GoobyGoblin]

500 teeth dinosaur

[@TM-45.]

Do not make them work in coton feilds

[@ericwlezniak2081]

1 G, not 2 ​@@brassholee

[@lordfabulous6198]

Another fun fact about the Giant Sloth. They are primarily responsible for the eventual domestication of avocados. As in, without them, there would've been a good chance the avocado would've went extinct before humans could cultivate them.

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

Wouldn't be making guacamole tomorrow morning if not for them then

[@Wolfie54545]

I think this was proven wrong

[@NA-zz4ug]

@@Wolfie54545 nope

[@return_h3669]

Random: “How about dodos?” X: *” We dont talk about dodos”*

[@domehammer]

A bird that tasted so horrific people refused to eat it unless cooked in fat of the most delicious animal ever a tortoise from galapagos.

[@toseno8978]

You mean *Bird Pandas* ?

[@antimotors5429]

​@@toseno8978never speak again

[@DodoBirb]

WHAT are u talking about?

[@OneMillionShrimp]

Can't believe spantz made an evil '' why [animal] should go extinct'' video How inspiring

[@General..Grievous]

Evil Spantz be like: "why this animal shouldn't go extinct"

[@OneMillionShrimp]

@@General..Grievous true...

[@SubPriestPepsi]

Megaldon went extinct cause it was too big and could'nt find enough food, I believe. Ask AVNJ

[@mantraki]

Bro, do you really think i would let megalodons starve

[@TinaxThePossessedArmor]

the real reason was he couldn't sit on his comfortable chair. so he went ahead and became smaller. case closed.

[@afriendlycampfire260]

And the water became a bit warmer

[@just_some_guy.703]

As the planet got colder, whales tended to live in colder regions and meglodome preferred tropical regions, so due to its large size and not wanting to go into cold places, it starved

[@WWNbroadcasts]

It mostly went extinct due to the water getting warmer Talk about a anti climax

[@diegofont9318]

I would love to see the Steller sea cow make a comeback. They were basically these large manatees that lived in kelp forests and they went extinct due to human hunting. Not only would it be cool to see one, but it would probably make kelp forests healthier.

[@lucienarcos-palma3834]

Large cute sea cow uwu

[@diegofont9318]

@ real

[@ILovGoblining]

i think the problem with them are disappearance of kelp forest

[@liopleurodon2000]

If Quetzalcoatlus is a dragon, giant ground sloths were cave trolls. We have huge caves dug out by giant sloths using their massive murder claws. There's also evidence they had osteoderms in their skin, meaning these things had natural armor. Giant sloths are fricken badass

[@bulborb8756]

plus they where capable of fighting large ice age predators too like direwolves, saber's, dire bears just to name a few with those massive claws of theirs

[@Hugo-yz1vb]

​@@bulborb8756 Basically it was the Therizinosaurus of mammals

[@FeeshUnofficial]

That's it, I'm flavoring dragons and trolls as azhdarchids and ground sloths in my next DnD campaign

[@bulborb8756]

@@Hugo-yz1vb pretty much, since the megatherium is what you'd get if you crossed a sloth with a bear and a gorilla. and then there's it's cousin Chaliotherium who's really bizarre where its like the offspring of a sloth, a horse and a monkey

[@Hugo-yz1vb]

@@FeeshUnofficial Mind sharing it once you do it? I'm interested now

[@ofekk213]

We should make the Dodo bird come back, the damn dutch ate all of them.

[@yjlom]

nah they found the taste terrible they killed them out of pure spite but what really did a number on them birds were rats

[@Clownbelt-u2s]

It was more like the pigs and other animals brought over that killed off the dodos.

[@unkinown36]

JUST ONE MORE DAMN DODO ARTHUR

[@Daily-PE]

I feel like the dodo would have made an amazing pet.

[@mogusisfunny]

Fucking Nederland (Fun fact: Fuck was originally a Dutch word :D)

[@American_Lobster]

4:19 Fun fact: this model of the pelagornis is actually from a roblox bird roleplay game, called feather family

[@RiceShark1620]

Feather family!?!

[@American_Lobster]

@ Yes, a bird roleplay game from roblox

[@RiceShark1620]

@ ik that already

[@Ultraflowy]

When i saw that i was like "wait isn't that model from feather family?"

[@American_Lobster]

@@Ultraflowyme too haha

[@afriendlycampfire260]

I have a few issues about the quetzalcoatlus take Because YOU DO NOT want any azhdarchidae to be alive, Quetzalcoatlus, Quetzacoatl’s heirs, Hatzegopteryx, the terrors of Hațeg island, Cryodrakon, the frozen dragons, and Arambourgiana, the winged titans. Don’t get me wrong, these are my favorite animal group of all time, but they will absolutely be nightmares. 1000 times worse than the terror birds The thing you need to know about them is that not only do they fly fast, they RUN fast, like a giraffe and they have their size too , so it would be very hard to run from these things, and we are perfect food for them, we fit in their ginormous beaks, basically we are like their 9 inch tasty protean bar, and four of us can make it fed up for around one full day (comsidering they fly and run a lot), and also, being eaten by one would SUCK Since they don’t have teeth, you need to PRAY that it pierces you and kills you or it crush you with it’s beak before swallowing you alive Because we would suffocate in a claustrophobic place, and then if manage to stay alive, say hello to it’s stomach acid, and you’ll get burned up by the chemicals And the member that would be the most terrifying, is Hatzegopteryx, because these things are SPECIALIZED to hunt things smaller than their beaks due to where they live, because everything is smaller than their beak in it’s habitat due to island dwarfism. These things would be terrifying and deadly And it isn’t like you can bring guns to kill an azhdarchidae They hunt in big groups and search places where their prey least expects it so always have a gun and always hide, and hide well too because their long necks will reach you. Also they are not dinosaurs

[@MastodonMann]

Bringing back Quetzalcoatlus is a terrible idea because humans are literally the ideal size of its usual prey

[@ヤウ]

We finna get grabbed by a giant azdharchid like the baby sauropods of their time 🥶🥶🔥🔥🔥🗿🗿🗿

[@Damian-cilr2]

You literally can't,dna has a half life of 521 years so after 521 years,half of the dna would just be gone. Pterosaurs did not live past the kt extinction That was 66 MILLION years ago,99.999......% of the genetic material is gone

[@Damian-cilr2]

Even if you wanted to for whatever reason you most likely couldn't 99.99% of dna is probably gone (for reference the half life of dna,is 521 years,so in 521 years,half of the genetic information just dissapears,ofc its over time not instant but still)

[@FeeshUnofficial]

Smaller, actually. Quetzalcoatlus wasn't afraid to go after juvinile hadrosaurids. We'd be cooked, done for. Still though, fucking cool animal, only surpassed by Hatzegopteryx

[@bruhgod123]

@Damian-cilr2 HALF LIFE MENTIONED

[@CoolCreeper5322]

cut/unused content is always so interesting, hopefully the next update brings back some of these ideas

[@KylerBrazda-we9kb]

Giant ground sloths were broken. There was dozens of species of them. Not only could they dig, climb, also swim! Like literally there was a species of ground sloth that was specifically evolved for swimming in the ocean. Also fun fact, many of them have small bones under their skin. 🙃

[@XD-sc4ix]

Now we know what was the inspiration for trolls and ogres

[@KylerBrazda-we9kb]

@@XD-sc4ix out of any animal, ground sloths would definitely be trolls. It's too perfect of a fit.

[@pokeninjafireemblem]

Spatnz, if the Irish giant deer were around you'd make videos on why they should go extinct. Deer naturally shed their antlers, and not always both at the same time. Since the giant's antlers are so massive and heavy, if only one side sheds, the weight of the other will basically cripple the deer, if not just immediately snap it's neck

[@LarkeyFactorial]

inaburasi momizi 🤑🤑

[@elishafollet5347]

Probably had a stronger neck then you would think

[@pokeninjafireemblem]

@@elishafollet5347 counter-argument: TierZoo did a video on the Ice Age, and he explicitly mentions that the mega-deer losing it's antler would likely snap it's own neck

[@elishafollet5347]

@@pokeninjafireemblem oh

[@confidentstreetlamp1762]

⁠@@pokeninjafireemblemI mean tierzoo makes good content but that is no reason to believe what he says

[@neotuxxedo]

I think the Tasmanian tiger is top of the queue right next to woolly mammoths to bring back once we get there.

[@Skyypixelgamer]

7:17 that literally translates to giant ape so you aren’t wrong. Anyways I’m genuinely surprised on how accurate this information is. I’ve heard one to many videos spread misinformation and or not do their research, but this one was very well done!

[@profoundlad1]

I casually read it in greek and my guy said he wont pronounce it as it is, ouch

[@torreywhiting5402]

Agreed, spatnz is develping a niche, I'm here for it

[@mattiavenator9931]

Well, he called Quetzacoatlus a dinosaur, which it wasn't. So there's a lot more to improve, but it's not a bad start

[@Skyypixelgamer]

@ That is one pretty common yet important mistake though I have honestly heard worse. But besides that this was pretty well done.

[@torreywhiting5402]

@@mattiavenator9931 damn, what is it then?

[@Sam-h6u9d]

Fun Fact! The dire wolves could help with the recent decline in hunters leading to overpopulation of animals such as deer or elk. So bringind them back could actually provide use in the agricultural centre

[@aligaterr5137]

Dire wolves hunted megafauna like giant sloths and such. Normal wolves are better fit for elks and such.

[@bulborb8756]

plus not only are deer hunted by wolves, they also get hunted by other animals like big cats and bears, so deer population is still kept in check

[@trailguidealex5010]

I want to bring back the giant aquatic sloth. It's basically a gaint ground sloth but water. Sloths can hold their breathes for 40 minutes while dolphins only hold their breath for 8 to 10 minutes. I really want to see aquatic sloth to see how it lived

[@PenguinMinerGman]

We should bring back The Great Auk. It was basically like a Penguin but lived in the Northern Hemisphere. And who wouldn’t want a northern penguin! The reason it went extinct was because humans hunted it to make clothing and for blubber. And since they usually lived on islands with little predators they were quite easy to catch. Leading to them going extinct quite quickly.

[@Daralexen]

Revive & Restore, the same group behind the passenger pigeon and heath hen revival wants to revive it next after the first two projects, but they need funding and approval for it.

[@GreenThingermabob]

Agreed, it's a shame what happened to them.

[@ILovGoblining]

btw penguins were named after great auks due to their resemblance

[@FeeshUnofficial]

You say it was *like* a penguin, but they literally named penguins after this bird. This was the original penguin

[@the_blue_jay_raptor]

12:45 First of all it's not a Dinosaur Second of all, as someone with expertise, PLEASE NO. It is not a Dragon, it is a oversized Pelican mixed with a Stork, and it can and WILL eat you.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

It would have landed and walked towards us at a speed faster than we can run! Shit's absolutely terrifying! Also Hatzegopteryx is even cooler so we should bring that one back instead

[@WinterB312]

To be fair making a real dragon is also a really fucking bad idea

[@smokinggnu6584]

The Irish Elk kinda looks like a cross between a moose and our own local Elands, what with the size and that hump on its back.

[@Anonymous-73]

Literally the Regal Ancestor Spirit from Elden ring but real

[@FeeshUnofficial]

Idk exactly where you're from, but I know Eland is the Dutch name for Moose, which is just two species that are really similar, and the English word Eland usually refers to an Antilope, which the Irish Elk was nothing like. I'd say Irish Elk was more like a cross between Moose and Red Deer.

[@smokinggnu6584]

@@FeeshUnofficial Look up southern african Eland.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

@@smokinggnu6584 yeah that's what I mean, that's an antelope. I kinda get where you're coming from but Irish Elks would have been muchore like regular deers than antelopes or even moose.

[@minecraftdinokaijumdk992]

My choice of animal to bring back is Thylacoleo, the marsupial lion. If the Tasmanian tiger is the wolf of Australia, then this was the lion. The size of a jaguar, but was capable of hunting marsupials as big as kangaroos and hippos. Plus, it had large thumbclaws, acted like a drop bear (you can basically call this marsupial "the true dropbear"), and killed prey with the strongest bite pound-for-pound of any mammal. If the Tasmanian tiger's a good solution to Australia's rabbit problem, then this guy is a good solution for Australia's water buffalo, camel, emu, and kangaroo problems. Edit: I understand the marsupial lion is Thylacoleo's nickname and that it's more related to wombats than actual cats. I just called it the marsupial lion just in case Thylacoleo is hard to pronounce constantly. (Just like how it was for Megaloceros (vs calling it the Irish Elk) or Gigantopithecus (vs calling it the Giant Ape).)

[@afriendlycampfire260]

Just saying, even if thylacoleo is one of my favorite animals of all time, Thylacoleo was one of the few natural predators of humans, it doesn’t just hunt the animals that you listed, They aimed for the neck and with that bite which rivals a lion’s bite, that’s gonna hurt a lot especially since it has wombat like teeth, (they are related to wombats btw), they jump at you from the trees, like it is a koala that can and will kill you, and drop bear koalas are already aggressive, imagine if one became a carnivore… that’s thylacoleo. We. Should. Not. Bring. Back. Thylacoleo. Edit: but it would be cool to see a documentary about them killing their prey from an upward ambush tho.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

I agree but I do wanna say: it wasn't really like a lion from what we've found. It almost exclusively ambush hunted, and I think it was usually alone. Lions are ambush predators to a certain extent but they're also pack hunters.

[@TvyAV]

reviving quetzalcoatlus sounds like a fun idea until a giant reptile thing swoops down out of nowhere, swallows your dog or even your kid whole and flies away

[@mattugoji4321]

Or yourself

[@TvyAV]

@mattugoji4321mogojiofficial true, they did eat things that were about our length/height

[@ushirokaito8846]

​@@TvyAVwe're the ideal prey size for them wich is definitely not good

[@mildlyentertainingham]

2:13 not only is the blue whale the largest mammal on the planet, but its the largest *animal* to have *ever* existed.

[@Invictus_dominare]

Are you sure about that 🧐

[@mildlyentertainingham]

@Invictus_dominare i looked that shit up idk

[@NA-zz4ug]

@@Invictus_dominare I am, in science size is measured by mass, which is why t rex is the biggest therepod dinosaur and not giganotosaurus or spinosaurus.

[@Hellfire-e4e]

Nah. Patagotitan is bigger

[@mildlyentertainingham]

@@Hellfire-e4e its longer but most of that comes from the big neck so imma say it dont count as bigger

[@TheRealW.S.Foster]

Given its size and how it looks, it wouldn't be farfetched to say that Pellagornis would have most likely eaten smaller sea birds during its time on Earth - I mean, birds of prey do it to smaller birds all the time, even to owls. If Pellagronis were to be brought back, no doubt it would be an apex predator to any & all species of gull.

[@yjlom]

the hero we didn't know we needed

[@Anonymous-73]

Imagine them trying to snatch your fries from your hand, they’d probably take it with them

[@YEY0806]

​@Anonymous-73 they would take your fries, burger and child

[@elishafollet5347]

​@@YEY0806 and hand

[@lunareclipse4084]

Imagine if those birds crossbred with current day seagulls. Seagulls are already Hellspawn as is, so they'd get a massive and painful upgrade :/

[@TheLunarLegend]

Pandas are alive cause they have the best survival skill ever, humans find them cute. That's it. That's the only reason they're still around. If they were butt ugly they would've gone the way of the dodo centuries ago.

[@Daralexen]

I think that there is also scientific interest in the species due to it being a living fossil.

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

Not all humans, not find em worth the money helping.

[@glowdonk]

The Dodo deserve better such silly lil guys who were given a horrible hand by colonizers

[@amanwithnoplans6592]

I’m pretty sure that’s the same reason they are going extinct, they are so comfortable they have no desire to mate with each other and just bum off the zoos.

[@Daralexen]

@@glowdonk This applies to a lot of island animals that lived in isolation without a predator, not just the dodo. In my opinion, elephant birds, huias. Malagasy hippos, and the Hawiian o'o's all deserve second chances.

[@CaptainRhodor]

I know about the wooly rhino thanks to Prehistoric Park. God that was an amazing show...

[@Justabirdieontheinternet]

Finally, I KZbinr that Dosen't Just Say "Animal Bad Cuz Its Extinct" I'd Prefer a Dangerous Healthy Animal Rather than One thats Constantly Suffering.

[@Daralexen]

Or a KZbinr or influencer not trying to fear monger or spread misinformation on de-extinction. Go to any news article discussing the projects to revive the woolly mammoth, and you will see tons of Alex Jones wannabes.

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

I'd rather have neither. Besides we got plentiful of nightmares as it is.

[@Justabirdieontheinternet]

@darkzeroprojects4245 we Already Have Elephants, Hippos, Rhinos ETC, while I do disagree with a lot of this list, we already have animals that are on the same level as some of these.

[@somerandomcommenter7228]

1:45 No, moose are already dangerious enough, we do not need a bigger one

[@thedead12]

3:19 I love this idea

[@gemanter]

m-me too)))

[@MarcelKędziora-w7r]

"It's just a prank bro" The prank:

[@EyreAffair]

The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, is actually a lot closer to being resurrected than the wooly mammoth is. Scientists have sequenced around 99% of the thylacine genome, and have succesfully started growing embryos in artificial wombs.

[@Wolfie54545]

BRING BACK SMILODON Make Dinofelis an execution method.

[@SinisterBlitzo9]

I feellike spantz is just a ice age kid and he really wants to have Manny sid and Diego in the real world

[@JulianWuzHear]

This guy’s voice makes me want to go skydiving without any equipment

[@Barakon]

I say bring back the Carolina parakeet & the Kaua’i O’o. Those birds were killed by man kind’s folly & otherwise were thriving in their niche. Besides having a native North American parrot that can have a blue mutation that makes it look turquoise is sick af & the Kaua’i O’o’s last member was so damn lonely! They just kept of singing & singing & singing hoping another of their species would show up someday.

[@Daralexen]

Carolina parakeet is a perfect candidate in my opinion, the genome is already sequenced. Maybe Colossal or Revive & Restore will consider it after they have the basis for avian de-extinction once they revive the dodo and passenger pigeon.

[@Barakon]

Can Ara Tricolor be brought back?

[@sonofjack6286]

The video of the Kaua'i O'o actually made me tear up a bit. Bro kept singing with his beautiful voice, waiting for a female to join the duet, never to hear an answer. I admire his effort, but feel SO sorry for him.

[@Daralexen]

@@Barakon Revive & Restore considers it a good candidate for revival.

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

If I have to choose which extinct animal to bring back to life, I would choose the Doedicurus, a giant armadillo with a tail club, similar to those of ankylosaurs. Yes, that's the animal fending off those terror birds in the picture at 13:25. But the oddly specific reason why I chose Doedicurus is because I want them to be trained to not only seek out but also destroy Tesla Cybertrucks on sight, because I have a deep rooted hatred of these angular piles of scrap metal on wheels and they need to go extinct.

[@TheNeonArmadaOfficial]

Definitely bring back Arthropleura, it was a vegetarian, and probably big enough to ride, so we could definitely domesticate it

[@ChimneyCrab737]

Horse stocks are gonna plummet

[@Beepers559]

Plus it’s an ancestor to modern millipedes too, though probably in the same sense of how meganuera was technically a dragonfly, but actually not one (they’re griffinflies)

[@raptormage2209]

It would die quickly, not enough oxygen .

[@william3100]

​@@raptormage2209not true. We found giant dragonflies in the mid to late permian, when oxygen levels were lower. This implies that giant bugs like arthropleura could survive today, if they had good space to thrive without terrible competition from other animals.

[@raptormage2209]

@@william3100 Arthopleura was like 3 meters long. Much larger then the dragonfly , also apparantly the permian period still had more oxygen until the end when it dropped down to about 15%, that dragonfly was probably long dead ( I checked and yeah it died at the end becuase of lack of oxygen and the arrival of birds)

[@GoobyGoblin]

7:15 that is a sick name. Wrong opinion.

[@TheCVDash]

0:30 the what herbivores? 💀

[@diamondflag500]

Mega herbivores

[@sharpObject1-v5t]

​@@diamondflag500 thank you for clarifying

[@thenormalchannel408]

@@sharpObject1-v5tthe nega herbavours

[@mrpeddlethesealion]

The *Mega herbivores*

[@GIGACAT573]

​@@sharpObject1-v5tthe n herbivores

[@evanwilliams1839]

Pandas are no where near as bad off as people like to say. They were fine for centuries before urban expansion destroyed Bamboo Forests. Plus a lot of other animals spend most of their time sleeping like Lions.

[@josebuendiamartinez9944]

0:54 Fun fact: It wasn't even the biggest cervid that we know of That credit goes to Cervalces Also, 7:17 , isn't this ironic considering the name means "giant ape"?

[@miguelsimoes2420]

As an Ark player, keep the pelagornis dead.

[@GreatLakesSongs]

1:55 The M/V Sirius Star is an oil tanker that was launched on March 28th, 2008, and is still in operation. On November 7th, 2008, she was hijacked by Somalian pirates 450 nautical miles from the coast of Kenya and was released on January 9th, 2009.

[@lukascosmos2182]

I actually just did a timeline report for college on the giant Irish elk (which is actually a deer and originated supposedly in Russia from one of the oldest fossil remains being from the georgievsk sand pits) but here's some fun bits about it based in Ireland from the top of my head 1. They appeared in Ireland around 13.9ka (13.9k years ago) during the Allerød interstadial stage which was when it was started to warm up and the glaciers covering Ireland were melting 2. It ate mostly shrubs and bushes and thrived in open plains since it had huge antlers 3. During the Younger Dryas period, the sudden cold spike and regrowing of glaciers killed a ton of these shrubs and bushes, letting trees start to take over 4. Humans didn't show up (or at least weren't a bit part during the pleistocene) in Ireland until about 9-8ka but the giant Irish elk was extinct in Ireland by around 10.6ka so they're usually ruled out for being a cause for the extinction and rather, the decrease in habitat (from open plains to forests), food supply and difficulty navigating just made it too hard for them to look for food and have enough nutrients for enough offspring They're pretty cool and we used to also have bears, reindeer, arctic critters and wolves (we actually have some rescued brown bears and wolves to try and bring some species back) during the Quaternary

[@peterdingle5128]

13:37 fun fact: this fishes head has armored Carlton on its head so any predator trying to go for its head would have a tooth time crashing its head. Unless it’s a megalodon

[@aidangilman9190]

4:05 ark survival evolved dossier

[@Meets-qo3gw]

I caught that too

[@maveric.x.jester]

The fact that I’ve learned more about extinct animals then I did in my middle school science class-

[@researcherchameleon4602]

After the ice age, there was a group of mammoths that lived on an island north of Siberia up until about 6,000 years ago (the pyramids were being built at that time), but because there were so few of them on the island, they got pug-ed out of existence

[@G4neralTuga]

We did the Dodo dirty.

[@benjaminu5417]

3:29 “the big seagull was big” I like this line

[@vesuvius115]

Small nit pick with Quetzalcoatlus. While it lived with dinosaurs, it wasn't A dinosaur. It was an Azdarchid Pterosaur; pterosaurs are the group of flying reptiles that existed during the mesozoic and went extinct 66 million years ago. However, they belong to a group of animals called Archosaurs, which include Dinosaurs/Birds, and crocodiles. So they are related to dinosaurs, but are not dinosaurs.

[@MerpTheTortle]

4:19 As soon as he mentioned Pelagornis, I was waiting for that to pop up😄

[@stevenandersen6989]

For the Irish Elk, I think part of the reason they went extinct as well is because of the impracticality of their antlers. Not only are they unwieldy, but antlers grow and shed during the breeding season, meaning the Irish Elk had to grow 11 FEET worth of Antlers each year. And if not properly shed, I can imagine the sheer weight of the antlers would make it harder for them to balance themselves and in particular their necks, which is not something you want when you live in the same environment as Sabertooth cats.

[@Wolfie54545]

Not the saber toothed cats you’re thinking of. Not Smilodon, Homotherium. And I’m pretty sure it’s not very accepted that the antlers were a reason for their extinction.

[@rahulgeddada6065]

The only good thing about the Irish elf is that Ireland finally have a medium sized/large animal, they could hunt

[@charlespogchamp1906]

As a member of the paleontology community you sir spatnz did you're research and I salute you for that because so many people who talk about extinct animals on KZbin either recite outdated facts or just use ai to make a script but I'm glad to see you took time to research each animal to get the facts right (like how you mentioned how the megalodon is no longer considered related to the great white shark, and mentioning the new size estimate for dunkleosteus) and besides calling the quetzalcoatlus a dinosaur which I can forgive because I think that might be a script mistake, you did very well. Overall I give your video an 11/10 🗣🔥

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

The Megalodon went extinct as whales became less common and got outcompeted by smaller, faster sharks like Great Whites for smaller prey

[@5656brown]

I love how Spantz just hates on pugs and bullies once in a while, doing gods work i see

[@char_lattesnk1352]

I know one animal I don’t want unextinct lol. The Haast eagle which is said to be the largest eagle to have existed. If its prey was the up to 200kg heavy Moa which is also extinct, I’d be soooo cooked.

[@mildlymarvelous]

This was a really well researched and interesting video, great job Brandon!

[@OurzSauveli]

6:09 The Dingo is considered a subspecies ,Canis lupus dingo, or at times a subspecies of dog if dogs are considered different from wolves, Canis familiaris dingo. It depends on who you are reading the information from but it is generally believed that the dingo is removed enough to be a subspecies in either classification. But that is a debate. Problem is the Dingo being considered a feral dog would be incorrect because they benefit the Australian environment that they have become a native species after thousands of years adapting and becoming a part of it.

[@Some1-2]

Wen a invasiv especie becomes native.

[@OurzSauveli]

@Some1-2 that happens more often then you think, Camels are originally from the Americas but crossed into Euroasia and because a native species there. There are plants in the Americas that can only be eaten by camels and rarely jackrabbits when they are in an extreme need for food.

[@hamishstewart5324]

@@OurzSauveli that explains why camels can eat cacti with no issues.

[@gianluca397]

Another cool thing about the giant sloth is there were a lot of diverse species of it. There was one who was able to dig tunnels in stone, another one who ate meat and so on

[@digirec5469]

Quetzalcoatlus should not come back to life because if it did it would probably hunt us down

[@BoenShubrt]

They would primarily eat fish, not humans

[@AnAntarcticScotsman]

​@@BoenShubrt Azhdarchids the size of Quetz are known to hunt dinosaurs the size of cows.

[@ILovGoblining]

@@BoenShubrtbuddy, there’s a reason why pteranodon and its relatives are smaller than azdarchids

[@ponseth198]

@@BoenShubrt Pretty sure the idea of them being primarily fish eaters is more or less outdated now.

[@WiseArkAngel]

The Irish Elk is like it was out of Skyrim. That's the closest depiction of it I have ever seen, minus the size.

[@melodiesblue]

if i could bring back an extinct animal I'd want the Great Auk to come back. they were basically penguins but for the northenr hemisphere, and they went extinct in 1852 when some poacher clubbed the last breeding pair to sell their feathers, and then crushed the egg. which makes me SO FUCKIN MAD LIKE WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. ITS AN EGG JUST LEAVE IT. Also Moa's and Haast's eagles should come back. Moa's are basically swamp emus, and they make a really funny noise. Haast's Eagles were the largest bird in the world until they went extinct, and they hunted Moa. (I've seen a Haast's eagle replica, it was terrifying to look up and just see that thing mid dive)

[@the_linguist_ll]

Absolutely on the auks, worst part is we actually let them live for a while until we discovered how soft their feathers were. Then they were gone before you could blink. As for the moas and haast eagles, they may be a bit too big for modern ecosystems

[@Reaper_FN_real]

Why don’t we bring back the Tasmanian Tiger? It’s so recent and it dies unjustly.

[@Steam537]

12:43 their not Dinosaurs they are relatives.

[@shadowsla7er724]

☝️☝️☝️Erm they are not actually dinosaurs they’re just related. Pterosaurs like these came around after the dinosaurs, henceforth your statement is incorrect and you should have your channel deleted 🤓 🤓🤓

[@shadowsla7er724]

Oh and they’re

[@liammcconnell3508]

The last Tasmanian tiger in captivity died because somebody left it in to cold at night

[@PrincessUniBun666]

The meg shark might have had the issuse of keeping it's species population up and having enough food... might of eaten each other? Until there was no one to mate with?

[@yjlom]

main theory is that whales grew bigger and they couldn't eat them anymore

[@mlgodzilla4206]

The issue was that the global climate was changing, large whales going up north/south where the sharks can’t follow thus starving into extinction

[@Lucaselveloz_66]

The thumbnail be like: Skeleton: Here my fella take thy health drink

[@sweettorello]

Direwolves actually aren't wolves, They're just very wolf like

[@Reidy1902]

Imagine Actually Bringing Back Dinosaurs, Then It Would Be “Jurassic World Dominion” All Over Again.

[@khalyllife]

Oranges are hella good let's be honest. Most people don't get them just because you have to peel them, but if you do give it a chance they are really good.

[@w.dgaster5927]

i just realized you kind of sound like ted nivison and now i can't unhear it.

[@borkus7620]

The wooly mammoth survived much longer than we initially thought only going extinct within the last few thousand years when the last ones died on a remote island that a population had escaped to

[@Corgicorn.]

I for one was relieved to hear that a Megladon wasn’t as big as media makes it. Now I won’t have nightmares of swimming in the ocean and *Megladon larger than a building coming up from underneath me*

[@CrimsonGold-pq8xy]

You know, When you have a fusion between a duck & a beaver that's venomous, a squid that's over 40 feet long, a salamander that lives only in water & is basically immortal from regeneration & birds that can rotate their heads. It doesn't seem too much of a stretch to say that a horse with a horn, a giant snake with legs that can fly, a large hairy ape, or half-human half-fish creatures could also have existed.

[@GgoatYT]

4:04 pelagornis dossier from ark: survival evolved make me happy

[@DefNotEnder]

Extinct animals make me want a Time Machine And a recovery center 😃

[@Insane_172]

bringing back quetzalcoatlus would be a nightmare for air travel lol

[@DinoGeekLOL]

Animals I think we need back: -Woolly Mammoth -Dodo -Irish Elk -Tasmanian Tiger -Smaller dinosaur species such as Camptosaurus, Nigersaurus, and Convavenator -Caspian Tiger -Barbary Lion -Caribbean Monk Seal -Passenger Pigeon -Carolina Parakeet -Stellers Sea Cow -Woolly Rhino

[@darwinmini8332]

the statement that mammoths are the only species that we attempted to revive tasmanian tigers actualy have one too which is pretty epic

[@richieidahosa1338]

The haast eagle,Moa and dodo not being here is diabolical

[@Enoonb]

"Amateur monster hunters" implies the existence of professional monster hunters.

[@Unused45]

i saw the megaloceros in the thumbnail and immediately said, "agreed"

[@masonhunter2748]

Wait a second 4:19 THATS FEATHER FAMILY!

[@dougthedonkey1805]

I like how most of these are just “big version of normal thing”

[@rebelrider3361]

I think we should start with bringing back critters that would be easier to manage. Like dodos wouldn't be a threat to people, and they also could probably be kept in captivity relatively easily. Maybe also try some extinct dog breeds or something. An aurachs might also be cool to bring back because they'd be kinda like cattle and we could keep them in captivity. Mammoths would be kinda hard because it would take so long to make one.

[@Dripertplays]

the big seagull sounds like a bad idea, imagine sitting on the beach that that thing eats your head

[@AxoTeeVee]

3:35 the bird with the actual largest wing span is the wandering albatross 12ft, the marabou stalk has only 10.5ft max recorded

[@LastOptionPils]

“You would assume god wanted you dead.” No sir I would assume I was looking at a forest god.

[@Fayezthedilophosaurus]

Bring dinosaurs. They are the reason if people thinked that dragons existed. They are cute. Awesome and sick. They are like bipedual megalodon mixed whit a lizard.

[@shardinhand1243]

cool idea, heres some species id like to see uplifted, dogs, octopi, dolphines, elephants, some kind of insect species, mantids

[@AscendedEmbryo]

I’m not willing to shit my pants when ever I see a bird with a wingspan of 30 metres

[@aceofspades1.0]

finally someone talks about the Tasmanian Tiger! That animal was my hyperfixation for YEARS

[@Chayr2]

The giant sloth was a murder machine, they were actually quite fast for their weight, giant ass claws, and really aggressive Also the big ass giraffe bird was also a murder machine and the terror bird.