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    Posted: 26-Aug-2008 at 12:34
Lets say if genetic cloning could bring back some animals; which one would you like to see?
 
heres the ones I would like
Amphicoelias, the largest land creature to have lived.
 
a pic
 
http://www.modelsource65.com/files/HL2Models/Amphicoelias/mountain_b60004.jpg
 
A size reference
 

 
(Its in red)
 
It rivals the blue whale in size. More than 200 tonnes!
 
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On sea I would love to see the largest shark ever. The Megalodon.
 
 
 
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size reference
(compared with a man and a great white; in red is the megalodon)
 
 
 
 
 
 
An artists impression.
It used to hunt whales!
 
 
I suspect our Aussie friends would not be too happy to have their seas become even more dangerous. Look at the brightside mates, now to instead of elections or a no confidence vote all you need to do to get rid of a PM or any pol is to tell him to take a swim.
 
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I'd like to see all the theorpods... from a safe distance, and hunt one once cloning had bought back enough of them that the population was stable, I wonder what threropod meat would taste like 


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I would like to see mammoths. 
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Hey this is a great thread.

I would love to see some of Australia's unique and fascinating megfauna which existed prior to the arrival of Australian aborigines circa 40,000 years ago. Here are a couple of top contenders:





Diprotodon, the largest marsupial which ever lived. Basically one massive, oversized wombat.

And even more fascinating is our own enigmatic maruspial lion, which a stronger bite in relation to its jaw size than any of the big cats of today:

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bonediggers/images/vani-01.jpg&imgrefurl=www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bonediggers/vani-01.html&h=468&w=378&sz=53&hl=en&start=3&usg=__yAtAFAEgDXixDeoQj0pHOIK6Gc0=&tbnid=pV59VcHAWAJAyM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3DThylacoleo%2Bcarnifex%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG















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Phorusrhacidae's or terror birds. A giant flightless carnivourous bird. At one time birds were the apex predators believe it or not.

 
They stood 10 feet tall
 
from a museum
 
 
 
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Grand Sloth.....
 

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Sparten, they remind me of 10,000 BC.
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Sarcosuchus Imperator, the largest croc ever, it weighed 10 tonnes and grew to 12 meters (40 feet) in length.
 
 
 
Artists image of it attacking large prey.
 
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Great thread Sparten.Clap  There are quite a few, I was obsessed with palaeontology as a kid, so with that the first would have to be the T-rex.  As well as megalodon, I remember well a picture I saw in a book with at least 5 people all easily fitting inside the jaws of one.  Another one would be the short faced bear.
 
A%201.6%20m%20tall%20Arctodus%20simus%20next%20to%20a%201.8%20m%20human.
 
 
I saw a model of one on two legs in a museum/archaelogical dig in South Dakota, god it was huge.  The idea of a bear looking through the second story window of a house, crazy.  Of course I would also want to see the largest land animal ever, an animal similar in size to a blue whale only living on land, that is a must see. 
 
There are a ton more that are mammals:  Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinocerous, really all of the various extinct rhinocerous species.  I had a book on extinct mammals, some amazing creatures there.
 
Edit:  I can't believe I almost forgot to mention Utahraptor.  Ever since Jurassic Park I've had an interest, even more so when I learned of the largest of the dromaeosauridae.
 
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All of them.

But the top three would probably be Neanderthals, Whatever the largest and nastiest sea predator was, and the little-known Honest Politician. Wink
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I wouldn't mind seeing a Quetzalcoatlus on the streets of Tallinn either. An image comparision here:

There's also the infamous Sea Cow, that I'm sure Seko would like to own...

The great Elasmosaurus, with which I'll destroy the page integrity and size measures /hopefully/:

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Isn't Nessie an Elasmosaurus? Big%20smile
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Dront!

Edit: apparently that'd be dodo in English.



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The admins are going to kill me for this, but pic? Or at least a link.
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You don't know a Dodo? 
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Originally posted by Sparten

The admins are going to kill me for this, but pic? Or at least a link.


Their mere appearance makes me smile. They look like a cross between lunne birds (edit:puffins, I should stop assuming the Swe and English names are the same) and hens.




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I do know a dodo, but hey looks better.
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