Extinct Animals Still Alive
Megalodon is a giant shark that can grow up to seventy feet long longer than any shark known to exist today.
Extinct animals still alive. Awe-inducing creatures like mastodons giant ground sloths saber-toothed cats and even dire wolves yep they were a real thing not just a Game of Thrones fantasy have sadly gone extinct since the last ice age ended about 11700 years ago. Eastern quolls were thought to have gone extinct on the Australian mainland more than 50 years ago. Locals who spotted the dead animal on the side of the road stuffed it and kept it at home until recently when they handed.
The survivor of evolution and mass extinction are called living fossils. So these are some of those terrifying extinct animals which may be still alive. The elephant shrews are small mammals that resemble rodents but are actually related to elephants.
From Tasmanian tigers to rare Mexican grizzlies we count fifteen animals that are thought to be extinct but may not be. There have been millions of species that have gone extinct over the course of EarthslifetimeIn fact scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plant insect bird and mammals become extinct every 24 hours. 10 Ancient Animals That Still Live Today.
Its one of the biggest extinct animals that may still be alive today. Every now and then there is a report of a monster shark bigger than one we currently know of. Thus what follows is a list of 11 extinct animals that were photographed while still alive.
Although dinosaurs along with many other prehistoric creatures went extinct millions of years ago there are some creatures that walked the Earth with them that still live today. They are ancient creatures that did not get extinct unchanged for millions of years and are still around in the present time. The term used to describe extinct animals that were eventually found alive is Lazarus species.
Of all the extinct animals the Javan tiger is probably the most likely to still be around. 10 Extinct Animals That May Still Be Alive Baiji Yangtze River Dophin Passenger Pigeon Tasmanian Tiger Woolly Mammoth More in Extras Extras. 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.