Extinct Animals - PBworks

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Extinct Animals
Dodo
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Extinct since mid to
late 17th century
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Lived on one tiny
island
Passenger Pigeon
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Once most common
bird in North America
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Flocks with more
than a billion birds
took several days to
pass by
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Last one died 1914 in
a zoo
Tasmanian Tiger
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Last known specimen died in captivity in 1936
Dinosaurs
T-Rex
Brachiosaurus
How many Dinosaurs were there?
Here is a list of all known dinosaurs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dinosaurs
Trilobites
17 000 known species!
Meganeura
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Giant dragonfly with a 2.5ft wingspan
Armored Fish
Dunkleosteus
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20ft long, 2000lbs
Megalodon
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Giant shark likely around 49ft long
Mosasaurus

49ft long ocean lizard
Pterosaurs

Some had a 33ft
wingspan
Wooly Mammoth
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About the size of an elephant, but with fur 3ft long
Sabre-toothed Tiger
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Weighed up to 880 lbs (Lions weigh 550lbs)
Giant Ground Sloth
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20ft tall standing on its hind legs
Baluchitherium

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Largest land mammal ever known
25ft tall
“Terror Birds”
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Flightless birds 10ft tall
Countless more….
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One day do a google search for extinct animals
and see what you can find
There are so many…and those are just the ones
that we know about!
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