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Let's reverse that other thread and think about what we'd like to see back.
I'd like to see the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Passenger Pigeon, and Thylacine for starters. Perhaps also the Mammoth, sabretooth, and dire wolf. Though those last two would probably have to be limited to captivity since we'd be returning large predators to an environment that no longer suits them in it. Mammoths might be able to survive in small herds in the northern isolated parts of the world but even it would be hard pressed.
Would be really cool to see some of the large mammals that came after the dinosaurs but even if we could bring them back, there's no home for them except in a zoo.
Have you ever read about these things? There were literally billions of them. Individual flocks contained millions, and would darken the sky for hours - and sometimes days - with bird poop coming down like rain. In the early 19th century people were estimating that 1/4 of all birds in North America consisted of Passenger pigeons.
It's pretty much the only species I don't want to see resurrected.
I have a running joke with a friend of mine, regarding mastodons. My friend is a smart and silly man, and we have ridiculous conversations.
One day he emailed me and told me that while he was fishing at one of our local lakes, he thought he saw a mastodon. I'm usually the straight guy in these conversations, so I replied back that I doubted he saw a mastodon. I suggested maybe he saw a rabbit. He replied back he was pretty sure it was a mastodon, hiding behind a tree. I asked "Why would a mastodon hide behind a tree?" He says "Because they're shy and gentle creatures."
This mastodon has been a running theme in many of our conversations. LOL
There are a number of tropical island endemic birds I'd love to have chance to see/hear! Too many from Hawai'i.
Agreed. I would love to see a living Moa, or Elephant Bird. Heck, just take me back to New Zealand or Madagascar before the first humans arrived and I would be good.
If we can way back in time, I would like to see some dinosaur ecosystems. Hell's Creek 67M years ago sounds pretty good for a start.
I would like to see the Carolina Parakeet make a comeback. The last one in captivity died in 1918. They were the only native parrot to North America, and there used to be flocks of millions. Farmers tended to hate them because they would eat certain crops.
But I think it'd be so cool to see glimpses of them flying around among the bluffs of the Mississippi River.
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