Big Animals Going Extinct
But the oryx was kept as livestock leaving some individuals there.
Big animals going extinct. The life for the dodo came to an abrupt end in the 1600s when European explorers landed on Mauritius and the Dutch sailors ate the beast to extinction. Also because they could take shelter in water these reptiles. The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major animal extinction event.
The Chimps are also threatened to the point of extinction. Megafauna are large animals such as elephant mammoth rhinocerous and Australias own diprotodon. Here is the list of top 10 most amazing extinct animals.
In 2019 the bird known as the Little Blue Macaw because of its vibrant blue feathers was declared extinct in the wild. Information adapted from. The Spixs macaw is a recently extinct animal from near the Rio São Francisco in Bahia Brazil.
Peruvian Black Spider Monkey. The WWF says global animal populations have reduced by almost two-thirds since 1970. Many endangered species are Arctic animals.
Some of the most famous extinct animals of recent times have been birds--but for every Passenger Pigeon or Dodo theres a much bigger and much lesser-known casualties like the Elephant Bird or the Eastern Moa and many other species remain endangered to. Spixs macaw in green tree. As big animals go extinct so do the benefits they offer humans Stanford scientists find.
Unfortunately three macaw subspecies are in danger of extinction. The dodo was a large and heavy bird that had wings but was unable to swim or fly. Extinct Animals 1.