If you could revive one extinct species, which would it be?

[JoJo]

[HEADING=1]INJUSTICE LEAGUE[br]ASKS[br][small]-If you could revive one extinct species, which would it be?-[/small][/HEADING]​

Imagine it. One day you are walking down the street as usual when suddenly a group of mad-looking scientists run up to you and hand you the opportunity of a lifetime. They offer you the one time only chance to decide which one extinct species of any living creature they will revive in their lab. There are several ground rules however:

[li]You may only pick one species to revive at the most[/li]
[li]Enough members of that species will be revived to be able to maintain a healthy breeding population[/li]
[li]Once that one species has been revived, the entire world's known supply of plotanium which the process requires will be used up, so there unlikely to be any further revivals for quite a while afterwards[/li]

So, what would your choice be Escapists? Would you decide to bring back our close cousin's the Neanderthals, to find out how similar to us they really were? Or would you rather revive a Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor or Tricertops and bring your Jurassic Park dreams to life? Would you go for something more exotic like the ancient Hallucigenia, or a more recent disapperance like the Giant Sloth or the Dodo. For a bonus question, what would you do with your revived species once it was back among the living? The choice is yours, use it wisely.

[HEADING=3]TLR: Which species would you bring back?[/HEADING]​

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[Terminate421]

The Giant Penguin

Why?

Because everyone loves Penguins.

http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/penguins.php

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120227-new-giant-penguins-species-science-ksepka-new-zealand/

 

[Caiphus]

The moa!

Because who doesn't want giant, flightless fucking birds slowly charging around your landscape?

And the poster above had the same idea, but chose the frostier version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa

 

[Teoes]

I'd be tempted to vote for the Megalodon. Nowadays, sharks are too small; our seas too safe. Srsly, dat size comparison chart. Dat dude sitting in dat jaw-reconstruction.

Either that or Ankylosaurus, because reasons of badassery and donotfuckwithmeery.

[sub]Teoes
Mr. Wenus Minion[/sub]

 

[Reiper]

Well, even though it would probably die in our atmosphere, I would be tempted to revive some giant insect from one of those pre-dinosaur era just to troll people. Maybe that centipede that was as big as a minivan.

 

[kailus13]

Wooly Mammoths. Because if you're going to bring something back to life, it should be fluffeh.

That said, it would be tempting to bring back raptors, just to mess with xkcd fans.

 

[Queen Michael]

My aunt. That's a species that really should still have been with us if there'd been justice in the world.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

A Plesiosaur, which I would have them create in Loch Ness, just to watch the mayhem slowly unfold.

Awesome!

 

[Reiper]

Neanderthals for the chaos it would cause to have two species of humans alive suddenly. Though that might be a bit mean to the newly revived neanderthals.

and thus a new era of slavery was ushered in, as the superior hominids subjugated the inferior one.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I'd wait for the inevitable extinction of the panda and then bring it back.

 

[JoJo]

Neanderthals for the chaos it would cause to have two species of humans alive suddenly. Though that might be a bit mean to the newly revived neanderthals.

and thus a new era of slavery was ushered in, as the superior hominids subjugated the inferior one.

Indeed, the poor Homo sapiens never even stood a chance.

 

[Euryalus]

I don't know... The tasmanian tiger? Those were always really cool looking.

Now that I think about it though, Triceratopsback riding would be the shit.

I'd pay to make that happen. Like Elephant riding, but more badass.

 

[Aris Khandr]

I'd wait for the inevitable extinction of the panda and then bring it back.

This, but for tigers, not pandas.

If forced to pick right now, I choose apatosaurus, because it is my favorite dinosaur, and I want to ride one.

 

[Frission]

A keystone species I guess, but I would rather save the ability to revive an extinct species until an important species actually goes extinct.

 

[Flutterguy]

The animal the original McRib was made from.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Hmmm...dunno. It'd have to be something that wouldn't just go extinct again, and most things that are extinct are extinct for reasons.

Like, you could bring back dinosaurs or something, but then you'd need a Jurassic Park style zoo to keep them in...there's plenty of currently extant animals on the verge of extinction it'd make more sense to preserve.

The other problem is, once you bring back one extinct animal, people will (to an extent) stop caring about endangered animals. Doesn't matter how hard or expensive it is, in theory any animal could be brought back, so don't bother with any of them.

 

[balladbird]

Neanderthals for the chaos it would cause to have two species of humans alive suddenly. Though that might be a bit mean to the newly revived neanderthals.

Am i the only one who remembers the geico cavemen sitcom that ran for, like, six episodes and then got cancelled? 'cuz this is pretty much the premise of that show. XD


as for me, probably the Opabinia... because the cambrian explosion featured many creatures that deserve to haunt the nightmares of today's children... but none more than that creepy five-eyes, elephant trunked abomination!

 

[s_h_a_d_o]

The moa!

Because who doesn't want giant, flightless fucking birds slowly charging around your landscape?

And the poster above had the same idea, but chose the frostier version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa

I concur.
Colonel Sanders would have to quadruple the number of secret herbs and spices.