Arthropleura. Think of all the things we could train them to do. Not including scaring the piss out of people.
If you could revive one extinct species, which would it be?
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Pandas don't deserve a 2nd chance. Any creature without enough sense to reproduce enough to harness its own species is clearly doomed. Its not like it was hunted to extinction like the White-Rhino or the Siberian tiger are likely to be.Johnny Novgorod said:
I'd hang around for one of those two.
T0ad 0f Truth said:
Me, I'd probably go with the Megatherium. It's a giant sloth that comes in at 4 tonnes and is 6 metres from head to tail. You know, just to screw with people.
EDIT: Well, turns out there was such a thing as a Tasmanian tiger. Guess I look like a twit now.
I'm guessing he means pterosaurs in general, rather than pterodactyl specifically.thaluikhain said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThylacineMiskWisk said:
Even so, to fly with a human on its back.Moloch Sacrifice said:
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A bit of googling seems to imply that the largest pterosaurs might have been able to carry a small human. Huh.
The Tasmanian Tiger was pretty damn cool
Granted, there are some species that are so rare that it turns out that they weren't extinct, they were just hard to find.
Granted, there are some species that are so rare that it turns out that they weren't extinct, they were just hard to find.
Giant Mammoth! Elephants are awesome; huge woolly elephants would be even more so. And you could just leave them in Siberia to breed without any negative impact on us or them. Until the Russian utilise them for military purposes...
Failing that, probably one of the larger sauropods. And release hundreds of them all over the UK, just to watch the Countryside Alliance and National Trust freak the fuck out.
Failing that, probably one of the larger sauropods. And release hundreds of them all over the UK, just to watch the Countryside Alliance and National Trust freak the fuck out.
I thought you were doing this weeks? I am very mildly disappointed young T0adsworth.T0ad 0f Truth said:
OT: MAMMOTHS!
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I would use them as war chariots and make them into cyborgs.
Not sure, I'd need to do some research. Most of the species mentioned in this thread would just go extinct again right away if brought back. We'd want to find something that will survive in with today's ecosystem without screwing something else up. Unfortunately, that rules out nearly all of the cool choices...
To complicate the choice, most of those that will meet the above criteria died within the past 20-25 thousand years, meaning we have a chance to revive them without wasting our "plotonium" on it. We're really close to being able to revive the woolly mammoth for instance.
To complicate the choice, most of those that will meet the above criteria died within the past 20-25 thousand years, meaning we have a chance to revive them without wasting our "plotonium" on it. We're really close to being able to revive the woolly mammoth for instance.
The Great Auk [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Auk]. A larger, distant cousin of the Puffin. A large flightless bird that spent more time on sea than land. It's the only species that were rendered extinct by my kinsmen, so I'm obligated to suggest their revival out of guilt reasons.
Edit: Not that my country was exclusively responsible for their demise. They used to exist in Scandinavia, England and even the North East coast of the states, before they were hunted to extinction at all of those places. My country just happened to be the last place where they could be found, before disappearing for good.
Edit: Not that my country was exclusively responsible for their demise. They used to exist in Scandinavia, England and even the North East coast of the states, before they were hunted to extinction at all of those places. My country just happened to be the last place where they could be found, before disappearing for good.
Wait, Moas are real? What? I thought they were just made up! Holy cow. That changes my worldview. I thought they only existed in Guildwars as animals.Caiphus said:
Hm, so which one? I'm tempted to say "Darwin's fox", but those aren't quite extinct yet. Wooly mammoths are definitely high on the list, because they are fluffy.
But in the end, I have to choose Megatherium. I don't know if they've been mentioned before, but I want to cuddle that thing SO BAD.
Megalodon, because the seas have gotten too safe IMO.
The T Rex needs to make a comeback because dry land has gotten too safe too.
Dinosaurs in general, pick any species, and I would be happy with any of them.
The T Rex needs to make a comeback because dry land has gotten too safe too.
Dinosaurs in general, pick any species, and I would be happy with any of them.
Neanderthals. We could learn so much by studying them.
And if they're attractive we could have sex with them.
More opportunities to have consensual sex with intelligent creatures is always a good thing.
And if they're attractive we could have sex with them.
More opportunities to have consensual sex with intelligent creatures is always a good thing.
Actually they were a real species also known as the Thylocene. Pretty cool too but of course, genius man popped up and decided to hunt the poor bastards to extinction. Although there are some theories that suggest the Thylocene could exist on the opposite side of Tasmania which is still mostly unexplored but its kinda unlikely.MiskWisk said:
OT: I'd probably bring back either a Triceratops or... pterodactyls, just to keep people on their toes XD
Good thing drinks are plentifulJoJo said:I like your thinking, although...Beffudled Sheep said:
Might need a couple of drinks in me before I'm ready to hit that ;-)
I think I'd bring back the Dodo. Then I'd find one and keep it as a pet. I think having a dopey, inquisitive and generally useless bird following me around would make everything OK.
That or any Ankylosaurid dinosaur (They have horns and scales and horns and sharp pointy bits and are about the size of a family car)
That or any Ankylosaurid dinosaur (They have horns and scales and horns and sharp pointy bits and are about the size of a family car)
Plotanium... you know that stuff can be used for time travel, invisibility, indestructibility AND unreality, sometimes all at once! heck you could get some more interesting species as a by-product of a far more powerful device, like activating an Infinite improbability drive with a chicken egg in-front of it.JoJo said:
plotanium, far too valuable to waste on something science is close to!