Comments on: Animals of Discovery

By: kittenz

kittenz — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:48:54 +0000

Yes I can’t wait to see THYLACINE added to the list. And DODO. And QUAGGA. And Passenger Pigeon. AND the wish list goes on and on…

By: YourPTR!

YourPTR! — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:20:09 +0000

Some great comments guys. I hope we will be able to add many more animals to this list before the decade is out, in particular would love to see the thylacine added!

By: MattBille

MattBille — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:35:26 +0000

Oddly, he did not mention some sizable mammals, like Roosevelt’s muntjac. And I wonder where he got 80 million years for the coelacanth, as opposed to ~60MY. Still, not a bad item on a subject too often overlooked.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:20:50 +0000

Yes, a lot more creatures have dissappeared. Sad but true. But this kind of list is still good to see.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:56:58 +0000

Unfortunately, for the same given time period, the list of animals that have disappeared and not reappeared is most likely quite a bit longer.

By: Cryptonut

Cryptonut — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:08:47 +0000

Hey Big Guy, come out, come out, wherever you are!

By: cor2879

cor2879 — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:59:07 +0000

Let me also say that this reaffirms my own personal belief that life in general is far more resilient than we give it credit for.

By: cor2879

cor2879 — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:57:41 +0000

If whales and rhinos can go so long undetected that surely debunks any of the arguments about how any large air breathing animals “must have been spotted” by now…

By: ilexoak

ilexoak — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:28:54 +0000

If we could only add “thylacine” to that list!

By: Harpo

Harpo — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:14:00 +0000

I think it’s amazing how diverse the list is - birds, fish, lizards, land and sea mammals. Wow…