If you could bring back one animal (extinct) what would it be?

Chemical Burn

I would bring back the red squirrel and the dodo, so Ireland could have its native animal back and I could eat dodo meat respectively.

gallag

Manbearpig.

Hande hoche!

Progressive democrat TDs. Alternatively the woolly mammoth.

Ziphius

The red squirrel isn't extinct...

Edit as steddyeddy has already picked the thylacine I will choose the moa. Giant flightless birds that once inhabited New Zealand.

steddyeddy

Well there's still the odd sighting but officially the Thylacine or tasmanian tiger has been extinct for decades. It was hunted to exrinction so I would like to bring that back.

barney 20v

CJ Haughey ....just for the craic...

amacca

T-REX!!!!!!


I'td be fun watching it rampage around Leinster House!

+It would give a much needed ratings boost to the otherwise boring and predictable late night Dail TV thing which I've never bothered to watch on account of being fairly sure it would contain no gore but lots of bore

meoklmrk91

A T-Rex, it would be class to see him running around all pissed off cause of his tiny arms.

IceFjoem

Pick ONE animal? Seriously OP, you made the rules yourself like...

corktina

Ziphius wrote: »

The red squirrel isn't extinct...

nor is the bodo..... and theres no point in only bringing back one, as it would soon become extinct again... two minimum....

Where To

The unicorn.

And before any smartarse says the didn't exist I say PROVE IT!

mattjack

The Tiger Tank

http://www.google.ie/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=800&bih=485&tbm=isch&tbnid=GL5efkuAoEqsCM:&imgrefurl=http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/tiger-tank.htm&docid=YZbW80trC__28M&imgurl=http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/tiger-tank-images/tiger-tank-11.jpg&w=550&h=519&ei=ODwZUfGgOsy1hAfx3IGICA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:2,s:0,i:151&iact=rc&dur=931&sig=101514873492788278823&page=1&tbnh=186&tbnw=219&start=0&ndsp=6&tx=155&ty=85

The Road Runner

defo the T-rex. then breed them to chihuahua size.

i think bringing extinct animals should be a long term goal of humans. bring back all the bastard animals that used to hunt us and kick several shades of sh!te out of them.

Banjo String

Starfish

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

mattjack wrote: »

The Tiger Tank

http://www.google.ie/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=800&bih=485&tbm=isch&tbnid=GL5efkuAoEqsCM:&imgrefurl=http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/tiger-tank.htm&docid=YZbW80trC__28M&imgurl=http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/tiger-tank-images/tiger-tank-11.jpg&w=550&h=519&ei=ODwZUfGgOsy1hAfx3IGICA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:2,s:0,i:151&iact=rc&dur=931&sig=101514873492788278823&page=1&tbnh=186&tbnw=219&start=0&ndsp=6&tx=155&ty=85

They need thirty gallons of petrol to travel a mile.

No recession in your army.

starlings

Ziphius wrote: »

The red squirrel isn't extinct...

Edit as steddyeddy has already picked the thylacine I will choose the moa. Giant flightless birds that once inhabited New Zealand.

I was going to say Moa, because LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THEM!! :eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dinornithidae_SIZE_01.png

but since you picked it first, Ziphius, I'll choose the Wooly Mammoth because they look kind of friendly and I'd love to know what sounds they made.

davetherave

Do I get to bring back enough for it to be repopulated or do we only get to bring back one example of the genus/species?
I'm not sure I live with the guilt knowing I brought back an animal and then watch as he/she dies lonely without a mate. That is a lot of pressure to put on someone.

Death and Taxes

Chemical Burn wrote: »

I would bring back the red squirrel and the dodo, so Ireland could have its native animal back and I could eat dodo meat respectively.

The red squirrel is NOT extict !

hyperborean

Have to be the T rex,

Pilotdude5

European lion (Panthera leo europaea)

starlings

davetherave wrote: »

Do I get to bring back enough for it to be repopulated or do we only get to bring back one example of the genus/species?
I'm not sure I live with the guilt knowing I brought back an animal and then watch as he/she dies lonely without a mate. That is a lot of pressure to put on someone.

I think it'd be better to bring back a group in our imaginary lab, and if we're going to set them free, a herbivore would probably be best.

Irish Elk were impressive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Irish_Elk

Sarah Bear

The Celtic tiger!

ChunkyLover_53

:cool:DIPROTODON

Diprotodon, all up in yo Barbie, eating yo Eucalyptus, Bruce, deal with it ya flamin' galah!

quickbeam

Gotta agree with others who said it, but the Tasmanian Wolf / Thylacine is a tragic loss to the modern world so I'd bring that back.

Grayson

SamHall wrote: »

Starfish

Don't you have a starfish to play with?

Grayson

pteranodon OR Helicoprion

Actually, in that link there's 10 things I'd love to see back in the sea. make the place fecking terrifing again.

The Road Runner

WileyCoyote wrote: »

The red squirrel is NOT extict !

NEITHER is the roadrunner !

Coffeeteasugar

Thylacine/Tasmanian Tiger was cool, the last one died because of neglect:(, would be great to bring back the Irish deer and caspian tiger too.

Capt'n Midnight

too many choices... kid in a sweet shop

But it really has to be Neanderthal


Giant Sloths and Mammoths we have DNA for so not totally beyond possibility

Or one of the giant pterosaurs

Dunkleosteus - but you couldn't go swiming again ever

or some of the cambian fauna like the top predator Anomalocaris but trilobites are cute

or the giant dragonflies - but we could breed them or the giant centipedes

Capt'n Midnight

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

:cool:DIPROTODON

Diprotodon, all up in yo Barbie, eating yo Eucalyptus, Bruce, deal with it ya flamin' galah!

you'd have to have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalania as well

Wibbs

mattjack wrote: »

The Tiger Tank

http://www.google.ie/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=800&bih=485&tbm=isch&tbnid=GL5efkuAoEqsCM:&imgrefurl=http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/tiger-tank.htm&docid=YZbW80trC__28M&imgurl=http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/tiger-tank-images/tiger-tank-11.jpg&w=550&h=519&ei=ODwZUfGgOsy1hAfx3IGICA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:2,s:0,i:151&iact=rc&dur=931&sig=101514873492788278823&page=1&tbnh=186&tbnw=219&start=0&ndsp=6&tx=155&ty=85

There's one in the UK. Runs an all.

amacca wrote: »

T-REX!!!!!!

Biig problem with T rex and other dinos, back then the amount of oxygen was quite a bit higher than today and it was a lot warmer, so a T rex would need a wooly jumper and a big aqualung to survive. [killjoy]

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

But it really has to be Neanderthal

My choice too.

trilobites are cute

Defo

Bad Santa

The Turkey we had for Christmas '99 - so I could kill it and have it again. Best Turkey ever.

Roger_007

Sarah Bear wrote: »

The Celtic tiger!

That was a mythical beast.

Gosub

The honest politician.

corktina

the Northern Ireland Horse....70,000 of them missing apparently, can't think where they could have gone!

Standard Toaster

Jimmy Saville, so he could be put on trail for his crimes and punished accordingly.

Roger_007

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Jimmy Saville, so he could be put on trail for his crimes and punished accordingly.

I agree, some that music he played was just dire.

starlings

The Great Auk, a N. Hemisphere penguin. The last of the Auks were killed in the 1840s/50s. Here's a drawing of a live one, who looks like he knows what's coming and would like to smoke a pipe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wormius%27_Great_Auk.jpg

Bozo Skeleton

The Megalodon Shark. A 60 foot killer shark with 7 inch teeth, how awesome is that?


http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/megalodon-facts.htm

ardmacha

has to be the Quagga

he'd make a lovely burger

Capt'n Midnight

Bozo Skeleton wrote: »

The Megalodon Shark. A 60 foot killer shark with 7 inch teeth, how awesome is that

Dunkleosteus
had a guillotines for teeth , a stronger and faster bite and it was armour plated

Capt'n Midnight

starlings wrote: »

The Great Auk, a N. Hemisphere penguin. The last of the Auks were killed in the 1840s/50s.

and they were killed for museums because they were getting rare

not a huge loss , they are the equivalent of penguins so we should really introduce some up here to fill the niche





what could possible go wrong :pac::pac:

admiralofthefleet

karol wojtyla

to be tried for crimes against humanity

dixiedan

One of them big dinosaur yokes with the long neck and tiny head. They were in Jurassic Park and seemed very gentle. Might make a nice pet for the kids and they could use the neck as a slide.

jimmyjoe951

I second the megalodon ,
If it was still around there would be a completely different attitude to water sports :P
Even thinking of its size gives me the shivers
http://www.google.ie/search?q=megalodon&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=0HwZUZaTPMbAhAeBt4CoBA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=320&bih=356#i=12

Rhyme

The Fonz of the dinosaur world, Iguanadon.

...or Hitler, for the laugh.

Deedsie

The Irish Elk would be cool to see in Phoenix Park...

starlings

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

and they were killed for museums because they were getting rare

Death by preservation.

Ted_YNWA

Gosub wrote: »

The honest politician.

did that ever exist??

Gosub

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

did that ever exist??

Yes, it did. Sadly now extinct, it seems.

Zombienosh

Gosub wrote: »

The honest politician.

now that definitely never existed.