Eight great extinct species

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This month scientists reported that the Caribbean monk seal has joined a long and growing list of species that carry the "extinct" label.

The seal joins millions of species that have come and gone over Earth's 4.5 billion-year history – including the dinosaurs, which vanished about 65 million years ago.

Msnbc.com would like to know what extinct species Newsviners wish were still around today.

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Joseph Matteini

Smilodon fatalis-Sabre-toothed cat,the ultimate land predator!

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#1 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:17 PM EDT

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Calvin Tang

Megalodon shark, the ultimate aquatic predator!

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#1.1 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:56 PM EDT

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JoeGrinD

Godzilla, the ultimate Japanese building destroyer!

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#1.2 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:53 PM EDT

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kiml

Has anyone mentioned an honest politician?
I think this is an extinct animal.

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2 votes

#1.3 - Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:52 PM EDT

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Jakeofclubs

That is a mythological creature like the Pegasus, unicorn, or gryphon.

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#1.4 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 5:23 PM EST

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Daniel Hardisty-Rhodes

Hello I would like to see the Great Moa alive again. This is an extinct bird that is related to the emu and ostrich. It was the largest non flying bird. It was believed that man was responsible for the species demise. I would have like to have seen a moa.

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#1.5 - Wed Feb 4, 2009 4:22 PM EST

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alessa

kim, this is supposed to be about extinct creatures, not fantasy creatures! ha!

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#1.6 - Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:38 PM EST

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Ron Wilks

How about the giant ripper lizard?

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#2 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:53 PM EDT

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Joseph Matteini

Of all the sabretooths,fatalis was the largest,probably larger than the siberian (amur) tiger.Over 600 pounds. It was equipped with huge forearms and chest and shoulder size.Probably to hold on and to stun its prey before delivering the fatal stab with 8 inch upper canines ,that were serrated.They could lever a huge chunk of flesh off its prey and watch as the prey bled to death quickly! Probably hunted ancient man,since we were not at the top of the food-chain yet.

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#3 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:55 PM EDT

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BUTCH-334196

The Sabertooth is the one folks so can walk with fear in the wild.

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#4 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:31 PM EDT

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BUTCH-334196

The Sabertooth is the one folks so can walk with fear in the wild.

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#5 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:32 PM EDT

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MikeB-280613

The Carolina Parakeet! They were actually a conure, similar to the Sun Conure of Central Amercia. In fact, escaped conures are establishing breeding colonies in areas once inhabited by the Carolina Parakeet.

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1 vote

#6 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:33 PM EDT

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curious-1320803

You should check out the Monk Parakeet. Not quite as stunning but alive and well in Austin, Tx. We even have an active colony at the airport! Sadly, the electrical companies often get angry with their nesting habits because they love the warmth and security of power line transformers. I think they've reached a compromise with nesting boxes. The birds are very popular here!

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#6.1 - Wed Sep 9, 2009 12:15 PM EDT

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Joe S-334301

$.99 gallon of gas

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2 votes

#7 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:37 PM EDT

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lance figgins

.99 gal gas would be nice but go to gas prises around the world and you well find out .99 gal gas is alive and well in other countries that don't but from our suppliers.

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#7.1 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:20 PM EDT

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Awake

$.99/gallon of gas is alive due to massive subsidies by producing nations.

Can't find the chart right now, will find it if there is interest. Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are the two worst culprits.

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#7.2 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:55 AM EDT

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Jason Johns

I think $0.99/ gal would cause more extinction...

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2 votes

#7.3 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:36 AM EDT

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TRACIE-334322

WOOLY MAMMOTH

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1 vote

#8 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:44 PM EDT

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H.F.-334326

Great Auk, Passenger Pigeon, Giant Sloth

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#9 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:46 PM EDT

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UUUnicorn

Here is my list of species:

Carolina parrakeet, passenger pigeon, heath hen, Stellar's sea cow, Caribbean monk seal, wooly mammoth, Irish elk, great auk, and the species of Galapagos tortoises which are now gone.

I'm certain that I'll recall more; when I do, I'll return to list them.

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1 vote

#10 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:47 PM EDT

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Alexandra_Covington

Every reader of Alice In Wonderland would love to see a DoDo Bird! Saber-tooth tigers and dinasaurs, yes! -- but only in zoos, of course! I'd also like to see a real, live Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, or Ancient Romans...and see how, if at all, they differ from twenty-first century homo sapiens. But the one species above all others I'd like to see is Neanderthal Man (and Woman!) I'm sure they were a lot smarter than we give them credit for.....their "appearance" on Geico commercials, and the short-lived(!) "Cavemen" TV series is really not enough....though it is enough to whet my appetite to see the real thing!

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2 votes

#11 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:50 PM EDT

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kammando

$.99 gallon gas
$1.15 pack of smokes
And all the above animals..

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#12 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:54 PM EDT

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lance figgins

.99 per gallon gas would be nice here in the US but go to gas prices around the world and you well find out that .99 gallon gas is alive and well in other countries that don't buy from our suppliers

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#12.1 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:23 PM EDT

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Curata et Industria-330581

I wish that Emperical Scientists were still around in Biology. With all the hoopla and false information in the past (Peking Man, Java Man, Haekels Embryos, etc....) the credibility of Biologists is in jepordy..... especially in the light of Information Science Technology.

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#13 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:54 PM EDT

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BlackBaron

If we would have been allowed to eat the Caribbean monk seal, I'm betting it would still be going strong. No danger of chickens going extinct :^) Seal burger...yum

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2 votes

#14 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:56 PM EDT

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APBTgirl-Alix

There's so darn many... it's sad and disheartening. but here's a short version of my list:
American Lion Ancient Bison Beringian cave lion Dire Wolf Giant Beaver Pygmy Mammoth Woolly Mammoth Western Camel Steller's Sea Cow Badlands Bighorn Sheep Oregon Bison Eastern Woodland Bison Cascade Mountains Wolf
Eastern Elk Eastern Cougar Arizona Jaguar

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1 vote

#15 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:56 PM EDT

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Pufnstuff

The eastern Cougar is alive and well. In spite of what their respective State Game Commissions say, they are sighted all the time in Central Pennsylvania, the mountains of West Virginia and Tennessee, and The Adirondacks of New York.

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2 votes

#15.1 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:53 PM EDT

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dsrtrosy

The bighorn sheep isn't extinct either. Wow. You need to check your sources.

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1 vote

#15.2 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:24 PM EDT

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APBTgirl-Alix

actually, that was BADLANDS BIGHORN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis auduboni), thank you very much. which ARE extinct. they are a sub-species of bighorn sheep. The last remaining Badlands bighorn were killed in 1905 at Magpie Creek, North Dakota.

as to the Eastern Cougars being alive and well, i guess that's up in the air, the list i have looked at list them as exinct; it's why i listed them.

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#15.3 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:01 PM EDT

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john103

nethedral

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#16 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:59 PM EDT

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Dorothy-334353

It would be something else to still have Carolina parakeets. Can you imagine having native parakeets flying around outside your window?

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#17 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:59 PM EDT

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Wendy S.

The Tazmanian Tiger's last sighting in the 1930's. Interesting creature. I hate hearing of more species becoming extinct. And man is to blame for it too. I don't understand the senseless killing of earth's creatures. For example, just last month there were 6 rare blue iguanas found slaughtered on the Cayman Islands. They were stomped on, stabbed and dismembered. Why? I really don't understand people at all! It's very sad, and in the next 40 years we'll add the polar bear to the list. We all need to be more environmentally conscious and do what we can to save not only ourselves but endangered species as well. Think about our children when they're older and when they have children of their own. It's not looking good at all for this planet!

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1 vote

#18 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:07 PM EDT

{"commentId":1991962,"authorDomain":"mdowmdowusa"}

Check your facts...

FYI... The polar bear will not be extinct. Contrary to popular belief, the polar bear population has INCREASED from 5,000 to 25,000 since just the 1970's. THIS IS A FIVE FOLD INCREASE. It is environmentalist wackos that I would like to see on the extinction list. Funny how everyone wants to save every animal on the planet except humans. Does anyone really miss the Dodo bird?????!

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1 vote

#18.1 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:20 AM EDT

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SamC

RIGHT, the less Polar ice, the more Polar Bears. They eat Seals ya know.

And yes, the Passenger Pigeon.

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1 vote

#18.2 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:33 AM EDT

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Jakeofclubs

The planet will be fine, it's the things living on it that may or may not be in trouble. People are just part of the environment. If we do kill everything and ourselves it is nature's own fault for having evolved us this way, just as it was with the dinosaurs. They couldn't adapt and so went extinct. If, by our nature, we make the planet uninhabitable, the the evolutionary processes is flawed. Of course, I know how people reading this page typically react to a statement such as this (and I can see be the posts) but man made things are natural because we are part of the ecosystem. That is not to say we should no attempt to learn how to best perserve the environment for our own perseverence but nature and man are not separate.

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#18.3 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 5:37 PM EST

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alessa

wendy s., i hope you're wrong. it would be such a shame to lose such a magnificent creature. as to the post that replied to you, pay not attention. people shouldn't speak when they don't know what they're talking about. i'm sure this person is some holier than thou that thinks that we have some god given right to do whatever we choose to this planet. god gave us dominion over this planet. we are its stewards. with that comes grave responsibility, not pelmel rape and pillage until there is nothing left but a burned out cinder. for those who believe in god, don't think he isn't watching. i would love to see every animal that we have driven to extinction restored.

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#18.4 - Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:51 PM EST

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Speedie

The passenger pigeon without a doubt!

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#19 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:07 PM EDT

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michael morgan

The Auroch or wild cow, it died out somewheres in Poland or Lithuania in 1652. Formerly it was found all through Europe. It doesn't sound too impressive an animal but it was far from tame. It was about as different from a dairy cow as a dog is to a wolf. It looks like a cow -but it will kick your butt.

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1 vote

#20 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:10 PM EDT

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David Bryant

Chillingham Park Cattle are, as near as anyone can verify, authentic Aurochsen that have never been domesticated.
(By the way: if you're worried about the price of gas, you should see what we have to pay in the UK, despite being producers of the stuff!)

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#20.1 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:52 AM EDT

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Bill-334376

I would like to see the return of the Studebakeroerious Larkarboreous, the Clipperious Bypackardolious, the twentyeightcensious pergallonus gaseous, and the Barnius Phyffeyous.

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1 vote

#21 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:12 PM EDT

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Lisa72

HAHA!!

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#21.1 - Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:29 AM EDT

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David Vargas

All the species that man was involved on their extintion. Not more, not less.

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1 vote

#22 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:15 PM EDT

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dcalfine

Are you saying that humans are somehow an unworthy element of ecologies? Why not any species in whose demise crocodiles were instrumental? Or in whose demise toxic microscopic bacteria were instrumental? By what principle do you draw a distinction?

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1 vote

#22.1 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:28 PM EDT

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AdipicAcid

All the species that man was involved on their extintion. Not more, not less.

We'll give you the shots of smallpox and polio first then.

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1 vote

#22.2 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:54 PM EDT

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Louella

Kind and decent human beings whom realize the responsibility they have to treat all species with respect.

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#23 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:15 PM EDT

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JG-739724

One must realize, many of these sp. vanished long before man realized HE was doing damage. If you, and your family were hungry would you let them starve or eat a rare specimen? Many factors influence the disappearance of a sp., but I do not believe it could simply be a matter of "let's hunt them down and kill them all!" Something like 90% of all sp. vanished from Earth before the first MAN ever evolved. We belong to Earth it does not belong to US.

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#23.1 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:34 PM EST

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Kaylin1988

Neandertals! I would love to meet one. As an anthropologist-in-training, i think they're fascinating and misunderstood. They weren't stupid! And while the geico cavemen commercials have sort of put that thought in people's heads, it does it in a too roundabout way for me. If they were still alive, it's doubtful they would wear nice clothes but continue to have scraggly hair and beards like the ones in the commercial do. They would look pretty similar to us sapiens. Also, I'd really like to see a dodo bird, and woolly mammoths!

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#24 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:18 PM EDT

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Kevin Gerber

Neandertals work for Geico! LOL

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2 votes

#24.1 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:37 PM EDT

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DeFex

Next time you see a Honda Civic hatchback go by look inside.

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#24.2 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:54 PM EDT

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23-6 w/ jesus on my dashboard

The Thylacine - no question. I'm annoyed that it wasn't included in the article in the first place, seeing as how it only went extinct in the 1930's - and it's extinct due to humans.

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2 votes

#25 - Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:19 PM EDT

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