Eight great extinct species

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

How about the giant ripper lizard?

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.

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

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

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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WOOLY MAMMOTH

Great Auk, Passenger Pigeon, Giant Sloth

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.

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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And all the above animals..

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.

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

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

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!

The passenger pigeon without a doubt!

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.