Biggest Animals That Are Extinct
This can happen naturally but humans are often to blame.
Biggest animals that are extinct. Aurochs was a very large type of cattle who extinct since 1627. Skip to main content Live Science. 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.
These mammals could grow to eight feet long and weigh up to a quarter of a ton. A huge bird that became extinct around 1400. Its wingspan would stretch as far as 85 feet 26 meters and it could weigh up to 33 lbs 15 kg.
The scarcest of the three black rhino subspecies the western black rhino was recognized by the IUCN as extinct in 2011. Found during the last Ice age the extinct Irish Elk was the largest deer species ever. One million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction worldwide.
It is our duty to provide the appropriate care for the welfare of these animals. However 58 million years ago during the Paleocene the extinct Titanoboa snakes roamed the Earth being the largest and heaviest snake ever discovered. The good news is scientists are trying to bring some back.
The dodo was a large and heavy bird that had wings but was unable to swim or fly. The dodo was a flightless bird that was native to Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. They were extraordinary in every sense of the world and they amaze us even to this day.
The world has been blessed with some of the most beautiful unique and rare species of birds mammals and insects. Since 1900 nearly 500 species of animal have gone extinct according to a 2015 study. The Haasts Eagle lived in New Zealand and was the largest eagle to have ever existed.