Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals

For this past couple of weeks, i have been thinking hard to come up with an idea of post which will perform both as blog warmer and also to keep our spirit of helping prevent the extinction on animals to happen further high, as high as the sky, so this is what i have come up with, the list of most amazing recently extinct animals.
With this list i really hope we animal lovers will see how these amazing and beautiful animals could be saved from extinction if we were more aware in the past, what a shame that those incredible creatures have leave us from this planet earth, it will touch our deepest soul, and all of us will think this: "What should we do to help them almost extinct animals?" and "We don't want to see this disaster happen again" And then hopefully they will take action immediately. If that is really the case, then it means we could save them, if we do it together, i really believe we will surely save them.

Western Black Rhinoceros, 2011

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Western Black Rhinoceros

A subspecies of the black rhino that lived mainly in Cameroon, the western black rhino was a victim of rampant poaching, even after protections were issued in the 1930s. Scientists searched for any signs in 2006 and came up empty, and it was offically declared extinct in 2011. The other 3 remaining subspecies of black rhinos are also critically endangered.

Pinta Island Tortoise, June 24, 2012

Most Amazing Extinct Animals Pinta Island Tortoise

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Pinta Island Tortoise

The last of his kind, Lonesome George died this weekend in his pen at a research facility. His exact age isn't known, but he was estimated to be over 100.

Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphin, 2006

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphin

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphin

Declared extinct in 2006, a video of what appeared to be a baiji dolphin was taken in 2007. The species is still considered "functionally extinct", meaning that if there is only one of a few old creatures alive, no new ones will be born, truly one of the most amazing recently extinct animal, what a shame, right?

Caribbean Monk Seal, 2008

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Caribbean Monk Seal

Although the last one seen alive was in 1952, it wasn't until 2008 that the caribbean monk seal was finally declared extinct. Christopher Columbus recorded killing a few of these seals when he arrived in the Caribbean, and they were hunted extensively during the in the 1700s and 1800s for their blubber, which was used as oil for lamps and machinery.

Most Amazing Extinct Animals Caribbean Monk Seal

According to the notes from a zookeeper at the New York Aquarium, which had a few of these seals in the early 1900s, these cheeky seals had a habit of spraying water from their mouths at visitors who leaned in too close over the railing.

Canarian Oystercatcher, 1994

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Canarian Oystercatcher

These shorebirds lived on the Canary Islands off the coast of west Africa, and died out due to depletion of its shellfish food source due to commercial fishing. It's unclear exactly when the last birds died, local lighthouse keepers and fishermen said they hadn't seen it by 1940, but reports of sightings happened through the '80s. By 1994, it was officially declared extinct. Only 4 specimen of stuffed birds exist in museums today.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1994

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Ivory-billed Woodpecker

After habit loss of the swamps of the southern U.S., the last difinitive sighting was in the 1940s. Since then, there's been multiple reports of sightings, and a 2002 audio recording of the distinct sound it makes when pecking a tree sparked a flood of scientists and birders to come search for it. Despite some promising leads and tantalizing clues, the bird still remains officially extinct.

Mariana Mallard, 2004

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Mariana Mallard

Living only on three small Pacific islands, including Guam, habitat loss from draining marshes for agriculture and damage to the islands during World War II was the main reason for this duck's extinction. The last pair of ducks were spotted in the wild in 1979, and the last known pair in captivity died at Sea World in San Diego in 1981.

Javan Tiger, 1994

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Javan Tiger

Loss of habitat due to farming was the main killer for this distinct subspecies of tiger that lived on the Indonesian island of Java. The last area where they lived was in the highest mountain of Java. 

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Javan Tiger Killed

A tiger was killed there in 1984, but by 1993 scientists couldn't find any evidence of tigers still living there.

Pyrenean Ibex, 2000

Extinct Animals Pyrenean Ibex

The last of this subspecies of Spanis ibex died in the wild in 2000 when a tree fell on her. Scientist had taken samples of the last ibex's DNA in 1999, and in 2009 scientist had mixed the DNA with domestic goat eggs to create a clone. However, the cloned baby ibex died shortly after birth due to lung defects.

Alaotra Grebe, 2010

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Alaotra Grebe

This small diving duck lived in primarily in one lake in Madagascar until habitat loss and predation by carnivorous non-native fish species killed it off.

Poʻouli or Black-faced Honeycreeper, 2004

Black-faced Honeycreeper Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals

Non-native species, particularly pigs, cats, and rats, have wreaked havoc on Hawaii's ecosystem over the last few centuries, and most likely contributed to the decline of this unique bird. After an unsuccessful effort to get the last few remaining birds to breed, the last bird died in 2004. Technically, it's still listed as "critically endangered", but none birds have turned up in the wild after extensive searching for the last few years.

There you go, the memorial as well as reminder for us all that the planet we live in is not getting any better if we don't take action immediately. Take the above animals as example of course, it might be the today's most amazing recently extinct animals, but that will not last that long if we were to leave the other animals which are endangered all alone, more animals could join this list, and we sure don't wan't that to happen, right? For now, while we do simple things like not littering, at least we could still enjoy looking at the photos of these most amazing recently extinct animals.

Amazing Extinct Animals That Supposed To Be Resurrected By Cloning

Cloning might be bad for human, because most of us believe that any person is individually different between one and another. But that is definitely not the case for animals, because these amazing extinct animals that i'm about to share will be awesome if resurrected through cloning technology. Here i would like to discover and share with you guys some of the most amazing extinct animals that are supposed to be resurrected by cloning, why? One reason, actually one bold reason, because they simply deserve it, how great could it be if extinct ancient animals like woolly mammoth or even the dinosaurs could be seen living and well once again, although it will a very hard thing to do, i do believe them scientists could pull it off, it will take maybe 5 or more years, but it will certainly worth it to wait that long.

Dolly The Sheep

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Dolly The Sheep

Extinct Animals Cloned as Dolly The Sheep

In 1997, Dolly the sheep is cloned, it was by scientists in Scotland who has created Dolly at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, which was actually born on 5 July 1996.
Dolly is the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. Previous clonings have been from embryo cells. The sheep's birth has been heralded as one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of the decade although it is likely to spark ethical controversy. One of the major objective set by doing this research is to study genetic diseases for which there is presently no cure and track down the mechanisms that are involved. At this point you might be wondering how come this was shared which was not anything about any amazing extinct animals, right? Well, you should not worry even a bit, this is just the beginning, you'll see more.

Woolly Mammoth

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Woolly Mammoth

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Woolly Mammoth

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Woolly Mammoth

Now how about this giant creature as the first real amazing extinct animal to be resurrected through cloning. It was early in 2011, where Japanese scientists announced that they planned to clone a woolly mammoth within five years. 

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Woolly Mammoth

The clock is ticking, but with a little luck these ice age behemoths may soon become the first inhabitants of the world's first zoo for extinct animals. Hopefully they will pull this off, we'll check it out in 2016, see you then.

Dodo

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Dodo

Perhaps the world's most notorious extinct animal, the dodo was driven to extinction a mere 80 years after its discovery. Since the bird's habitat on the island of Mauritius contained no natural predators, the dodo evolved to have no fear of humans and was easily clubbed to death, what a way to be exterminated, while it could easily become one of the most amazing extinct animals to be resurrected by cloning.

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning, Dodo

It is believed that DNA samples have recently been retrieved from museum samples housed at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, making the dodo a good candidate for this process.

Baiji River Dolphin

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Baiji River Dolpin

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Baiji River Dolpin

Declared "functionally extinct" as recently as 2006, the Baiji River dolphin became the first cetacean to go extinct in modern times due primarily to human influence. Because of its recent extinction, however, DNA can still be easily extracted from remains. In fact, efforts to retrieve and store the animal's DNA are under way.

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Baiji River Dolphin

Like with many extinct species, however, the question remains about whether the Baiji River dolphin would have a home to return to after being resurrected. The Yangtze River system, where this dolphin was found, remains heavily polluted.

Pyrenean Ibex

Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Pyrenean Ibex

Check out this next amazing extinct animal, you see the last known Pyrenean ibex was a female named Celia, who was killed by a falling tree in 2000. Her DNA was used to create a clone.

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Pyrenean Ibex

The Pyrenean ibex became the first extinct animal to ever become un-extinct, unfortunately it only last for seven minutes. 

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Pyrenean Ibex

The cloned fetus, which contained reanimated DNA from the last known living Pyrenean ibex, was successfully brought to term after being implanted in the womb of a living domestic goat. Although the ibex died of lung difficulty seven minutes after birth, the breakthrough ensures the inevitability of resurrecting extinct species.

Huia

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning, Huia

This bird with its highly unique beaked, once endemic to the North Island of New Zealand, became extinct in the early 20th century after museum demand for mounted specimens reached a peak. Due in part to the bird's popularity as a mascot and national symbol within New Zealand, a project was recently launched and approved to clone and resurrect the huia.

Passenger Pigeon

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning, Passenger Pigeon

As recently as 200 years ago, flocks of passenger pigeons numbering in the billions blanketed the North American sky. By 1914, the species had been wiped out by merciless hunting campaigns. Now thanks to cloning technology, the animal that was once the most numerous bird in North America might have a second chance. Museum specimens, feathers and other remnants of these birds still exist, and because they are so closely related to the mourning dove, finding a surrogate mother would be easy, now this is a very good news for us who waits eagerly for the reality of most amazing extinct animals that are resurrected by cloning.

Woolly Rhinoceros

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Woolly Rhinoceros

The woolly mammoth wasn't the only massive hairy creature as The woolly rhinoceros also stomped through the Arctic snow as recently as 10,000 years ago. The animal also appears frequently in ancient cave art, such as at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in France.

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning Woolly Rhinoceros

And for all of the same reasons that the previously mentioned woolly mammoth makes a good candidate for resurrection, so it is with the woolly rhino as well. Well-preserved specimens frequently become exposed in Arctic permafrost.

Moa

Amazing Extinct Animals, Moa

These giant flightless birds, similar in appearance to ostriches and emus but without vestigial wings, were once the world's largest birds. Because moas were hunted to extinction as recently as 600 years ago, their feathers and eggs can still be found relatively intact. In fact, moa DNA has already been extracted from ancient eggshells, and projects to clone the moa have already been attempted.

Neanderthal

Amazing Extinct Animals Resurrected by Cloning, Neanderthal

The Neanderthal is perhaps the most controversial extinct species eligible for cloning and resurrection, primarily due to logistics: The surrogate species would be us. As the most recently extinct member of the Homo genus, Neanderthals are widely considered a subspecies of modern humans. Cloning them might be controversial, but it could also be illuminating.

A Neanderthal clone would also probably be most viable. Scientists have already completed a rough draft of the Neanderthal genome, for instance. 

But what we should be asking ourselves is "should we do it?"

Don't you just love the above idea of saving the amazing extinct animals through cloning? Imagine we could finally see the ancient animals with our own eyes, that would be so amazing, especially with the ones that we often see in movies, like the dinosaurs for instance. That's it for now, i'll be signing off with my finger crossed to see this whole idea of resurrecting the amazing extinct animals through cloning come true.

Fossils of Some of The Oldest Most Amazing Extinct Animals

So how much you wonder about the oldest fossils of the most amazing extinct animals? Is it like me who really wanted to know about which animals is actually the oldest one that ever lived on earth? And also the big question of how old is actually the oldest fossil found on earth? Knowing that must be some kind of mystery solving i might say, but also adding the curious value into it, as in the current announced oldest fossil found on this very planet could well not be the oldest one, it might just happen to be the oldest that are found, but what about the ones that are not yet discovered by humans? That is something we have to wait to find out i guess. But the good news is that in the mean time, we should accept that this set of fossils below is the current oldest fossils of the most amazing extinct animals. 

Ancient Spider Attack

First of all, let's check out this fossil of an ancient spider attacking its prey which believed to be a 100-years-old amber that is one of its kind, too.

Fossils of oldest most amazing extinct animals ancient spider attack

“This was a male wasp that suddenly found itself trapped in a spider web,” George Poinar Jr., a professor emeritus of zoology at the university, said in a written statement. “This was the wasp’s worst nightmare, and it never ended. The wasp was watching the spider just as it was about to be attacked, when tree resin flowed over and captured both of them.”

Million year old fossil (bilaterian)

Fossils of oldest most amazing extinct animals Bilaterian

And here comes the next one, it is actually a little weird for me, you see University of Alberta scientists say they’ve proven animal life existed 30 million years earlier than previously known. And the proof, just by this fossilized tracks left by a small creature known as a bilaterian, 

The fossil of a mesosaurus an aquatic reptile
(April 11, 2012 in Pinamar, Uruguay)

It was discovered by U of A scientists in Uruguay. Geomicrobiologist Kurt Konhauser said the fossil is dated between 585 and 600 million years ago, making it the earliest proof of moving animal life on Earth by at least 30 million years.

1.9Million-Year-old Human Fossil

Here it comes the none other but the human fossil, so it is 1,9 Million years old of age, and that is real human, could you believe that about 1,9 million years ago there are actually humans already living in this planet earth?

Fossils of oldest most amazing extinct animals human

From the picture above, it is where A South African scientist shows the tooth hidden in a rock excavated from an archeological site three years ago. The remains of a juvenile hominid skeleton, of the new Australopithecus (southern ape) sediba species, are the "most complete early human ancestor skeleton ever discovered." 

Fossils of oldest most amazing extinct animals human tooth

People from that age must be interesting to learn about, how did they live? What did they eat? Right? I'm not sure if we could or maybe will someday be able to find out more about that, let's just hope so.

World's Oldest Fossils Found in Ancient Australian Beach

Fossils of oldest most amazing extinct animals oldest fossil of bacteria cell

This is probably the one we have been waiting for, the actual oldest fossils in the world, it is found in Ancient Australian beach, what's so sorry for my word, funny about it, is that the fossilized stuff are not just merely its track, it was its cells in between the cemented sand grains.

Fossils of oldest most amazing extinct animals bacteria cells

Microfossils found in Australia show that more than 3.4 billion years ago, bacteria thrived on an Earth that had no oxygen, a finding that boosts hopes life has existed on Mars, well that makes sense, right?

Fossils of oldest most amazing extinct animals
closer look at the fossil of bacteria cell

Researchers from the University of Western Australia and Oxford University say the remains of microbes, located in ancient sedimentary rocks that have triggered debate for nearly a decade, have been confirmed as the earliest fossils ever recorded.

Fossils are everywhere if you would try to a little harder to find them, do you agree? Probably not, but if you think about it, it is actually true, what i mean is, what happens to me for instance, every now and then, my family would found a dead gecko's fossil trapped inside the door mechanism, or any other small places where they would potentially go. But that is not the case here, what i'm sharing to you above is that fossils of some of the oldest most amazing extinct animals in the history of the human race, or even the earth to be exact.

Amazing Extinct Animals Rediscovered And Caught On Camera

So one day at work i was wondering whether there was any thought to be extinct animals but accidentally rediscovered and caught on camera, i mean the earth is so vast and huge, which makes so easy for us to miss something and people is full of error possibilities, so i am so sure that there is some announced as already extinct animals that are brought back to the surface and rediscovered into public. And it is kind of too easy, because there are actually more than a view extinct animals that are being rediscovered by humans, there are actually plenty of them, we'll get to that really soon now. Most of us animal lovers are probably only hoping to help animals that are endangered, that are almost extinct, therefore this kind of news is really great and huge relieve if i might say.

The most recently, earlier this year to be precise there was this monkey named Surili from Indonesia that was rediscovered by locals in the Borneo island.

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Shy Borneo Monkey Surili

The shy monkey (Presbytis hosei canicrus) was seen in the 1970s in Kutai National Park in Borneo, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from where the new population lives. But as the years passed, fires and illegal logging devastated Kutai. By 2008, the Miller's grizzled langur seems to have vanished from the park. A survey that year found just five langurs living on the Sangkulirang Peninsula in East Kalitmantan, also about 50 miles (80 km) away from the newly discovered langur habitat. But by 2010, that group of primates had also disappeared.

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Shy Borneo Monkey Surili

This elusive monkey that was thought extinct has shown up in the remote forests of Borneo, posing for the first good pictures of the animal ever taken. The Miller's grizzled langur, an extremely rare primate that has suffered from habitat loss over the last 30 years, popped up unexpectedly in the protected Wehea Forest in east Kalimantan, Borneo.

In the past, there were also some similar cases, where extinct animals are rediscovered in the wild, which includes:

Okapi

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Okapi

Okapi was first discovered in what is now Virunga in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 1901, the shy forest-dwelling okapi had not been found in the park since 1959. But a recent survey in 2006 by the WWF and the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature found 17 okapi tracks and other evidence of its presence, how sad, right?

Coelacanth

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Coelacanth

Scientists Checking Out Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Coelacanth

Coelacanth

Once thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago, the Coelacanth was rediscovered alive and well in 1938, wow could you believe that? It's been 65 million years? They are also the closest link between fish and the first amphibian creatures which made the transition from sea to land in the Devonian period, which was around 408-362 Million Years Ago. That such a creature could have existed for so long is nearly incredible, but some say that the cold depths of the West Indian ocean at which the Coelacanth thrives, and the small number of predators it has, may have helped the species survive eons of change.

Cuban Solenodon

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Cuban Solenodon 

Since it is discovered in 1861 by the German naturalist Wilhelm Peters, up until now, i guess only 36 had ever been caught. By 1970, some thought that the Cuban Solenodon had become extinct, since no specimens had been found since 1890. The Cuban Solenodon that was found in 2003, named Alejandrito, brought the number ever caught to 37. And sadly i guess that was it.

Mountain Pygmy Possum

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Mountain Pygmy Possum

This small furry animal was first described as a Pleistocene fossil by Robert Broom in 1896. It was thought to be extinct until 1966, when a living one was discovered in a ski-hut on Mount Hotham. As of 1992, there were two geographically isolated populations in Australia. We should surely protect this one amazing extinct animals, i mean at least we used to think so.

Terror Skink

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Terror Skink

Terror skink was rediscovered in the year 2003 in New Caledonia. The rediscovered reptile measures around 50cm and has long sharp curved teeth, unusual for a skink as they are normally omnivores. The only other known example of the skink was also discovered in New Caledonia in 1876.

Arakan Forest Turtle

Extinct Animals Caught On Camera Arakan Forest Turtle

Arakan Forest Turtle was believed to be extinct, it was last seen in 1908, but very fortunately in 1994 it was rediscovered when a few specimens turned up in Asian food markets. Like most Asian turtles, it is collected yearly as a food source or for “medical cures.” Only a handful of these conservation reliant turtles are in captivity, and their status in the wild, which is dubious at best, is listed as critical. 

This article could be used as marks of the beginning of our triumph to resurrect the real natural world of this planet earth. We could focus on protecting the almost extinct animals out there, but we can't just let things like this go away, we should also try and find the extinct animals, if we were lucky maybe we could rediscover them, you know?