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Somewhat curiously, there is another recently extinct animal the "Auroch" which was hunted to extinction as well. As recently as 1000 years ago they were quite
by sidewndr46 2y ago
Somewhat curiously, there is another recently extinct animal the "Auroch" which was hunted to extinction as well. As recently as 1000 years ago they were quite plentiful, but completely extinct by the time Europeans started moving to the Americas
- WorkerBee28474 2y agoThere have been some, let's say, 'interesting' attempts to recreate the species via back-breeding [0]. They seem to be having some success. [0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nazi-super-cows-extinct-auroch-bring-back-aryan-myths-17th-century-adolf-hitler-ecosystem-preserve-tauros-project-a7518766.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nazi-super-cows-e...
- dendrite9 2y agoLions were also roaming Europe relatively recently, likely into the middle ages.