they may be gone but their myths and
legends shall live on we can use the
size of the orcs bones to work out how
tall they actually stood welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten extinct
animals and that might well be at the
heart of explaining why small alone
isn’t around anymore for this list we’re
considering animal species that are no
longer walking the earth whether due to
natural causes or human intervention
we’re excluding dinosaurs for now since
there are just so many of them we could
probably give them a list all their own
you know this whole Ice Age things
getting old know what I could go for
global warming number 10 the ground
sloth what once was a unique beast that
thrived during the Ice Age periods is
now known for associating with a
dim-witted animated film character upon
their extinction over 10,000 years ago
it’s believed to be no coincidence that
the deaths of the ground sloth are
linked to humanity’s entry into the
North American regions though climate
change was also a factor but in the
1820s one was uncovered here on skidaway
Island which was the first one found in
the United States with large and
dangerous looking claws speculation
remains to this day about whether this
variation of sloth only used them to
collect bark from trees though it’s most
likely that these mammals were
herbivores
although slow-moving its massive size
was protection against smaller predators
like the saber-tooth cat number nine the
baiji commonly referred to as the
Chinese river dolphin the majestic
creature could only be found in the
Yangtze River in the Asian country where
it got its name affectionately nicknamed
the goddess of the Yangtze the baiji
became victim to the growing advances
and industrialization of modern china
that led to massive water pollution by
the end of the 20th century there were
possibly only thirteen wild dolphins
left in the Yangtze repeated efforts
were made to conserve the species but an
expedition in 2006 failed to discover
any remaining baiji in the river the
last living baiji known as Chi Chi died
in 2002
for the international conservation
community it really needs to act as a
wake-up call that we need to be far more
efficient and far more quick to react to
conservation crises in the future number
eight the Eurasian or European cave lion
people tend to associate the king of the
jungle as a largely African species but
this extinct eurasian subspecies may
prove otherwise speculated to have
become extinct around ten thousand years
ago these beasts were huge on average
over seven feet long without the tail
and could weigh 700 pounds massive in
size and a massive tongue twister to say
as their official name is the Panthera
leo spelaea their fates were sealed when
settlers made their way into their homes
and the rest as they say is history
but I do find it astounding that he
would have faced up to a cave bear yeah
definitely uh I think maybe an ultimate
experience number seven the Irish elk
it has ant+ so vast and elaborate they
stretched 12 feet from tip to tip
despite its name this species of deer
was not exclusive to Ireland making its
way across Eurasia and northern Africa
for thousands of years and this is what
we would expect for an animal that had a
lifestyle like giant deer an open plains
runner probably high stamina and this
essentially is typical of an aerobic
machine the Irish elk is known for being
the largest species of deer ever found
as they could have stood at 12 feet with
antler height included unable to survive
subarctic conditions which caused a lack
of good food it’s been suggested that
the last of these deer may have died
about 11,000 years ago in Ireland hence
its given name others may have survived
the Ice Age through Europe but were
probably hunted down the case of the
Irish elk reveals that faced with a
changing world
to highly-evolved the design and
actually prove an animal’s undoing
number six the elephant-bird many of the
mounted specimens have been put together
with a number of bones from different
specimens native to Madagascar these
ostrich look-alikes are believed to have
come to an end in the 17th or 18th
century and it’s reckoned that the
elephant bird weighed around half a ton
well it’s not fully known how the birds
died out it’s believed that human
activity is the number one suspect
initially widespread across all areas of
the island there’s evidence of their
homes being demolished while the birds
themselves were hunted which led to
their untimely demise fossilized eggs of
the species have remained and have
become an increasingly priceless
commodity across museums to this day
although there were several factors
threatening the bird survival it could
have been people eating the eggs who
doubt the species its final blow number
five the quagga despite its adorable
name this subspecies of zebra is no more
native to South Africa the quagga became
victim to the hunting of early Dutch
settlers and later by Afrikaners to
provide meat and skins disappearing
mostly in the 1850s the wild quagga
became officially extinct a few decades
later though some captured ones could be
found in zoos on August 12th 1883 the
very last captive specimen died writing
the final entry into the lifespan of
this impressive species we are reviving
an extinct species of quaja and that is
for the benefit of future generations
number 4 the saber-tooth cat for nearly
two million years this monstrous beast
dominated the primal landscape of the
Americas misleadingly known as a
saber-toothed tiger these predators were
vastly known far and wide for their
curved and massive canine teeth once the
teeth are engaged those vessels can be
sought by those serrated edges on front
or back
despite officially having the cat in
their name they’re not closely related
to the modern animals and were in fact
more agile choosing to pounce from trees
attacking with their almost footlong
teeth with the Smilodon being the most
well-known these mammals vicious nature
proved to be their downfall at the end
of the last ice age as most of their
chosen prey had either died out or had
ironically been hunted by the cats
themselves thus the saber-tooth cat
became extinct through its own means of
hunting the art of killing always
strives toward perfection and given the
chance a saber-toothed cat might well
you follow the game number three the
dodo if you’ve seen the animated movie
ice age you can recall a joke that
implied this famous bird died out during
that time period but this is actually
untrue the dodo seems so bizarre and
comical but by the 18th century some
scientists started it had ever existed
at all due to their hunting by Dutch
sailors that had arrived on the island
of Mauritius the flightless bird became
extinct however their official
extinction was only confirmed in the
19th century despite their increasing
rarity in the 17th century the Dodos are
constantly on the lookout for foreign
fruit pantsing on it before competitors
arrive slow and unafraid of humans the
dodo was only a little over three feet
tall and between 25 and 45 pounds but
achieved contemporary fame by appearing
in pop culture like Disney’s Alice in
Wonderland Oh Salem is right for me
Thalia and I never Oh
number two the thylacine a ferocious
flesh-eater that terrorized all the
other beasts best known as the Tasmanian
tiger this is the first purely nocturnal
creature to make our list not only today
look like dogs but they seem to behave
like them evidence suggests that these
native Australians were very shy in
nature and became extinct in the
mainland around 2,000 years ago yet
survived until the 1930s in Tasmania
there are even some people who think the
phylla scene still exists today
amazingly some thylacines
had hung on until the motion-picture age
this film shows one pathetically pacing
around its cage in the Hobart zoo
general sightings were reported across
Western Australia and Tasmania until
1980 leading to a vested interest in the
species once again in 1983 Ted Turner
offered a $100,000 reward for proof that
these carnivorous marsupials are still
alive while the thylacine is still
considered extinct the reward is still
out there so everyone keep looking
hundred percent sure they do exist no
doubt in my mind at all and I’m amazed
that no one is as penguin has come up
with one but it’ll happen with Aaron T
it’ll happen before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorable
mentions not much smaller than an
elephant extraordinary in size and
strength sparing neither man nor wild
beast its exchanged hands for huge sums
of money it even became a brand name the
incredible size of the species
population was larger than what most
people could comprehend when a flock of
passenger pigeons approached a town many
villagers thought the apocalypse was
upon them they grew to 25 feet in length
and weighed 8,000 pounds these unknown
beings were only 1 metre tall and it is
believed they lived on Flores Island
until at least 12,000 years ago
number 1 the woolly mammoth it was the
early mammoths that grew truly huge some
standing over 4 metres tall at the
shoulder and weighing twice as much as
an African bull elephant truly one of
the animal Giants it remains the
greatest shame that this mammoth species
is no longer with us surviving through
the Ice Age thanks to its obvious woolly
exterior the mammoths coexisted with
human life for years in the new world
they herds
clearly inspired cave art we’ve been
transfixed by their majesty for
thousands of years humanity used the
prehistoric elephant for tools and homes
however with the shift in climate the
mammoths started losing grasp on their
homes and safety and migrated to other
pastures the last living population
remained on wrangle island in the Arctic
Ocean until four thousand years ago
where these woolly mammoths would
finally conclude their existence the
safe is it tusks shame microscopic
scratches possibly cool is when mammoths
use them to care ice and snow while
foraging for food do you agree with our
list fascinating what’s your favourite
extinct animal we don’t think that’s why
there are no great ox here today for
more historical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com that’s what you do it
heard
legends shall live on we can use the
size of the orcs bones to work out how
tall they actually stood welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten extinct
animals and that might well be at the
heart of explaining why small alone
isn’t around anymore for this list we’re
considering animal species that are no
longer walking the earth whether due to
natural causes or human intervention
we’re excluding dinosaurs for now since
there are just so many of them we could
probably give them a list all their own
you know this whole Ice Age things
getting old know what I could go for
global warming number 10 the ground
sloth what once was a unique beast that
thrived during the Ice Age periods is
now known for associating with a
dim-witted animated film character upon
their extinction over 10,000 years ago
it’s believed to be no coincidence that
the deaths of the ground sloth are
linked to humanity’s entry into the
North American regions though climate
change was also a factor but in the
1820s one was uncovered here on skidaway
Island which was the first one found in
the United States with large and
dangerous looking claws speculation
remains to this day about whether this
variation of sloth only used them to
collect bark from trees though it’s most
likely that these mammals were
herbivores
although slow-moving its massive size
was protection against smaller predators
like the saber-tooth cat number nine the
baiji commonly referred to as the
Chinese river dolphin the majestic
creature could only be found in the
Yangtze River in the Asian country where
it got its name affectionately nicknamed
the goddess of the Yangtze the baiji
became victim to the growing advances
and industrialization of modern china
that led to massive water pollution by
the end of the 20th century there were
possibly only thirteen wild dolphins
left in the Yangtze repeated efforts
were made to conserve the species but an
expedition in 2006 failed to discover
any remaining baiji in the river the
last living baiji known as Chi Chi died
in 2002
for the international conservation
community it really needs to act as a
wake-up call that we need to be far more
efficient and far more quick to react to
conservation crises in the future number
eight the Eurasian or European cave lion
people tend to associate the king of the
jungle as a largely African species but
this extinct eurasian subspecies may
prove otherwise speculated to have
become extinct around ten thousand years
ago these beasts were huge on average
over seven feet long without the tail
and could weigh 700 pounds massive in
size and a massive tongue twister to say
as their official name is the Panthera
leo spelaea their fates were sealed when
settlers made their way into their homes
and the rest as they say is history
but I do find it astounding that he
would have faced up to a cave bear yeah
definitely uh I think maybe an ultimate
experience number seven the Irish elk
it has ant+ so vast and elaborate they
stretched 12 feet from tip to tip
despite its name this species of deer
was not exclusive to Ireland making its
way across Eurasia and northern Africa
for thousands of years and this is what
we would expect for an animal that had a
lifestyle like giant deer an open plains
runner probably high stamina and this
essentially is typical of an aerobic
machine the Irish elk is known for being
the largest species of deer ever found
as they could have stood at 12 feet with
antler height included unable to survive
subarctic conditions which caused a lack
of good food it’s been suggested that
the last of these deer may have died
about 11,000 years ago in Ireland hence
its given name others may have survived
the Ice Age through Europe but were
probably hunted down the case of the
Irish elk reveals that faced with a
changing world
to highly-evolved the design and
actually prove an animal’s undoing
number six the elephant-bird many of the
mounted specimens have been put together
with a number of bones from different
specimens native to Madagascar these
ostrich look-alikes are believed to have
come to an end in the 17th or 18th
century and it’s reckoned that the
elephant bird weighed around half a ton
well it’s not fully known how the birds
died out it’s believed that human
activity is the number one suspect
initially widespread across all areas of
the island there’s evidence of their
homes being demolished while the birds
themselves were hunted which led to
their untimely demise fossilized eggs of
the species have remained and have
become an increasingly priceless
commodity across museums to this day
although there were several factors
threatening the bird survival it could
have been people eating the eggs who
doubt the species its final blow number
five the quagga despite its adorable
name this subspecies of zebra is no more
native to South Africa the quagga became
victim to the hunting of early Dutch
settlers and later by Afrikaners to
provide meat and skins disappearing
mostly in the 1850s the wild quagga
became officially extinct a few decades
later though some captured ones could be
found in zoos on August 12th 1883 the
very last captive specimen died writing
the final entry into the lifespan of
this impressive species we are reviving
an extinct species of quaja and that is
for the benefit of future generations
number 4 the saber-tooth cat for nearly
two million years this monstrous beast
dominated the primal landscape of the
Americas misleadingly known as a
saber-toothed tiger these predators were
vastly known far and wide for their
curved and massive canine teeth once the
teeth are engaged those vessels can be
sought by those serrated edges on front
or back
despite officially having the cat in
their name they’re not closely related
to the modern animals and were in fact
more agile choosing to pounce from trees
attacking with their almost footlong
teeth with the Smilodon being the most
well-known these mammals vicious nature
proved to be their downfall at the end
of the last ice age as most of their
chosen prey had either died out or had
ironically been hunted by the cats
themselves thus the saber-tooth cat
became extinct through its own means of
hunting the art of killing always
strives toward perfection and given the
chance a saber-toothed cat might well
you follow the game number three the
dodo if you’ve seen the animated movie
ice age you can recall a joke that
implied this famous bird died out during
that time period but this is actually
untrue the dodo seems so bizarre and
comical but by the 18th century some
scientists started it had ever existed
at all due to their hunting by Dutch
sailors that had arrived on the island
of Mauritius the flightless bird became
extinct however their official
extinction was only confirmed in the
19th century despite their increasing
rarity in the 17th century the Dodos are
constantly on the lookout for foreign
fruit pantsing on it before competitors
arrive slow and unafraid of humans the
dodo was only a little over three feet
tall and between 25 and 45 pounds but
achieved contemporary fame by appearing
in pop culture like Disney’s Alice in
Wonderland Oh Salem is right for me
Thalia and I never Oh
number two the thylacine a ferocious
flesh-eater that terrorized all the
other beasts best known as the Tasmanian
tiger this is the first purely nocturnal
creature to make our list not only today
look like dogs but they seem to behave
like them evidence suggests that these
native Australians were very shy in
nature and became extinct in the
mainland around 2,000 years ago yet
survived until the 1930s in Tasmania
there are even some people who think the
phylla scene still exists today
amazingly some thylacines
had hung on until the motion-picture age
this film shows one pathetically pacing
around its cage in the Hobart zoo
general sightings were reported across
Western Australia and Tasmania until
1980 leading to a vested interest in the
species once again in 1983 Ted Turner
offered a $100,000 reward for proof that
these carnivorous marsupials are still
alive while the thylacine is still
considered extinct the reward is still
out there so everyone keep looking
hundred percent sure they do exist no
doubt in my mind at all and I’m amazed
that no one is as penguin has come up
with one but it’ll happen with Aaron T
it’ll happen before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorable
mentions not much smaller than an
elephant extraordinary in size and
strength sparing neither man nor wild
beast its exchanged hands for huge sums
of money it even became a brand name the
incredible size of the species
population was larger than what most
people could comprehend when a flock of
passenger pigeons approached a town many
villagers thought the apocalypse was
upon them they grew to 25 feet in length
and weighed 8,000 pounds these unknown
beings were only 1 metre tall and it is
believed they lived on Flores Island
until at least 12,000 years ago
number 1 the woolly mammoth it was the
early mammoths that grew truly huge some
standing over 4 metres tall at the
shoulder and weighing twice as much as
an African bull elephant truly one of
the animal Giants it remains the
greatest shame that this mammoth species
is no longer with us surviving through
the Ice Age thanks to its obvious woolly
exterior the mammoths coexisted with
human life for years in the new world
they herds
clearly inspired cave art we’ve been
transfixed by their majesty for
thousands of years humanity used the
prehistoric elephant for tools and homes
however with the shift in climate the
mammoths started losing grasp on their
homes and safety and migrated to other
pastures the last living population
remained on wrangle island in the Arctic
Ocean until four thousand years ago
where these woolly mammoths would
finally conclude their existence the
safe is it tusks shame microscopic
scratches possibly cool is when mammoths
use them to care ice and snow while
foraging for food do you agree with our
list fascinating what’s your favourite
extinct animal we don’t think that’s why
there are no great ox here today for
more historical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com that’s what you do it
heard
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