Extinct Animals Still Alive
The term used to describe extinct animals that were eventually found alive is Lazarus species.
Extinct animals still alive. Extinct or alive is an american wildlife documentary television programme produced for animal planet by hot snakes media of new york city the united statesit is hosted by conservationist and television personality forrest galante who travels to different locations around the globe to learn about possibly extinct animals and whether or not there is a chance that they may still be extant. This just sounds insane to me. Below you will find a list of top 10 extinct animals that might still be alive.
He firmly believes the Javan tiger is alive. The survivor of evolution and mass extinction are called living fossils. Granted the camels of 6 million years ago were only the size of large deer and Argentavis were probably only feeding on young camels but still daaang.
According to the Mother Nature Network there used to be thousands of these little creatures roaming across France and Spain but their numbers dropped drastically by the early 1900s. Its one of the biggest extinct animals that may still be alive today. This article is about prehistoric animals that are still roaming around.
The woolly mammoth is probably one of the best-known extinct animals out there theres actually been some pretty in-depth debate on why the mammoth went extinct but scientists seem to believe it was a mix of natural global warming after the last ice age began to warm up and over hunting by humans though they have been thought to be extinct for the last few thousands of years some have claimed that they have seen wild mammoths still. The elephant shrews are small mammals that resemble rodents but are actually related to elephants. But all the way officially it is announced that the those animals are extinct.
Activist Wahyu Giri Prasetyo is still finding evidence of the tigerfrom hair to scat. Of all the extinct animals the Javan tiger is probably the most likely to still be around. They are ancient creatures that did not get extinct unchanged for millions of years and are still around in the present time.
The 89 inch snake is reddish brown to brown with some bumps over its eyes. Every now and then there is a report of a monster shark bigger than one we currently know of. Generally it helps if there is a species still alive today that is genetically similar to the extinct animal like elephants for woolly mammoths or cows for aurochs.