Back from the dead: One third of 'extinct' animals turn up again

Daily Mail ^ | 29th September 2010 | David Derbyshire Environment Editor

[Daffynition]

[Deagle]

It’s a damn shame I tell ya... What are going to happen to all the lawsuits?

[Judges Gone Wild]

Too bad the Brown-Nosed RINO isn’t extinct.

[smokingfrog]

Interesting.

[Bhoy]

Watts Up With That
Jan 2010

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach

Abstract

The record of continental (as opposed to island) bird and mammal extinctions in the last five centuries was analyzed to determine if the “species-area” relationship actually works to predict extinctions. Very few continental birds or mammals are recorded as having gone extinct, and none have gone extinct from habitat reduction alone. No continental forest bird or mammal is recorded as having gone extinct from any cause. Since the species-area relationship predicts that there should have been a very large number of recorded bird and mammal extinctions from habitat reduction over the last half millennium, I show that the species-area relationship gives erroneous answers to the question of extinction rates.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/04/where-are-the-corpses/

[I still care]

Isn’t that a pretty thing.

[oyez]

Funny ain't it. If somebody doesn’t want some project be developed, they run out and shout, “This thing will make the banana slugs an endangered species!” The next thing you know the project is canceled.

[Plumberman27]

I just hope the plastic faced pelosi is never found again after the November elections. It would be shame if anyone every found such an ugly hideous creature again walking the halls of congress or senate.

[MtnMan101]

LOL !!!!

[Jack Hammer]

“Back from the dead: One third of ‘extinct’ animals turn up again...”

True enough. As but one example, in Washington D. C. of late there have been countless sightings of the Dodo bird; indeed, it would appear to be an enormous concentration of the flightless, small-brained creatures.

[Quiller]

A study has found that a third of all mammal species declared extinct in the past few centuries have turned up alive and well.

That's because the aliens' Terran Wildlife Recovery and Replenishment program is working.

Spaceships have come down and taken tissue samples from all species here. They clone them, and when necessary reintroduce them to our world.

My tin hat keeps me safe.:)

[Daffynition]

During my brief insomniac moment earlier this morning, I thought the same thing. It looks a lot like a good old fashioned cow abduction.

[Daffynition]

Dang! You’re right!

Let’s lump them all together to make one *huge* class-action law suit. Then advertise on teevee.

[Daffynition]

ROFLOLLOL

[greatplains]

Awwwwww...

[SunkenCiv]

The shy okapi -- which resembles a cross between a zebra and a giraffe

Great, now I can't get rid of the mental image of a giraffe jumpin' on a zebra.

[Daffynition]

Sez you!

[TheOldLady]

Cute okapi. I didn’t know they were extinct. It’s a crossword puzzle word.

[SunkenCiv]

They’re not gay, they just play like girls.

[1010RD]

The real problem:

Many scientists believe the world is going through a new ‘mass extinction’ fuelled by mankind – and that more species are disappearing now than at any time since the dinosaurs vanished 65million years ago.

Scientists aren't supposed to believe, they postulate and test.

Liberals just believe things.