General Discussion

i love mosasaurus as well!

for me, it's hard to decide.. but definitely some sort of dinosaur, terror bird, or mosasaur

my favorite is kind of sad, and recent, the Abingdon Island tortoise probably, its surreal to watch a species die out. Most Galapagos tortoise is either classified as Extinct, critically endangered, or vulnerable.

I learned about them because i read about the last of their kind, called Lonesome George. He was over 100 years old. but confirmed to be at least 102.

Basically, an invasive species (goats), got introduced to the Island he was discovered at, and all the tortoise had died, except Lonesome George, because the goats ate, E v e r y t h i n g that was a plant. When he was discovered they relocated him somewhere safe with plenty of food.
He had, more than one caretaker through his life, outliving a few of our kind who cared for him.

They tried to find suitable girl for Lonesome George, in a zoo, in nearby islands etc, but nothing came from it.
They gave him two female companions of a different, but very similar species, in hopes for a hybrid offspring.
His female companions produced, 3 clutches of eggs across several years, but none of the eggs hatched.

His body was Preserved by the American Museum of Natural History, and then returned to the Galapagos Islands where he is on display in an exhibit dedicated to him at Galapagos National Park headquarters

There is some research and efforts being made to resurrect his species Jurassic Park style, but these things take time.


rip lonesome George I hope his spirit went to a place with many of his kind and becames less Lonesome

Laughing owl,, honestly always wanted to know what their calls sounded like. It's sad that they never got to the chance to live long enough,..

Elasmotherium and hyaenodon [emoji=familiar heart size=1]

It's hard to choose, but I think for me it's either the Dimorphodon or Permian synapsids in general. [img]https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fossilfighters/images/b/b3/Dimorph.png[/img] I ended up really liking Dimorphodons because of this little dude in Fossil Fighters. Chunky head, tiny body, only about the size of large dog. I love them so much .o.

Spinosaurus and Elasmosaurus [emoji=familiar heart size=1]

Haast's eagle - which is giant eagle, lived in New Zealand hunting Moa (giant, flightless bird species). They extinct as Moa extinct due to new human settlers - loosing their prey animal :( Moa is my second favorite. I love emu and moa bird looks similar but larger! [img]https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/98984118.IA74yTbO.NZJan082172.jpg[/img]