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Extinct Animals

All the information you need to know about animals that have already become extinct.

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What are 8 animals that people domesticated more than 6000 years ago?

wht early period r u talking about first of all? But there r lots of animals that were domesticated a very very long time ago.Such as goats, chickens and most live stock, horses, cats and dogs were a little later depending on where you lived.Such as if you lived in a cold climate huskys would already be domesticated from wolves their ancestors.Such in warm climate a dog would not be as useful as an animal but a horse, a bigger animal to carry heavy loads for long distances, as you could say,would thrive more.Anyway it all depends on where you live, to what people used to their advantages.So some were not used as others very much until later, but now an animals life usually is in a farm land,where it does not need to commit to any work as of a long time ago.Except maybe making milk,eggs,cheese,bacon etc.

What will be the effect if endangered animals become extinct?

If some endangered animals were to become extinct the effect would be devastating. Each animal or plant has its own part to play in the food chain of a certain ecosystem. If you take that animal or plant away the ecosystem will most likely crash and never recover. This could cause the numbers of other animals or plants that previously had good numbers in the ecosystem to plummet rapidly. This could cause evn more extinctions.

Overall, it would most certainly not be good.

It would not be good, but species go extinct every day. It would be devastating if an animal like the deer or rabbit went extinct. Like you said, "If you take that animal or plant away the ecosystem will most likely crash and never recover. This could cause the numbers of other animals or plants that previously had good numbers in the ecosystem to plummet rapidly. This could cause even more extinctions." like if the deer went away, the animals the would rely on the deer would go extinct and so on, but if it didn't just rely on the animal, then the other animals would suffer because they are all being eaten up. and they might go extinct. then fore the animals lower in the food chain, they would flourish because nothing is threating their lives, and so on.

You could think of a billion ways that could be "devastating" but it would take to long to say it all...

What is resistance to extinction?

In behavioral terms (which are the only terms in which I've ever heard this phrase used) resistance to extinction is to do with the speed at which a subject loses Pavlovian conditioning responses.

Using a well known example is to explain this using Pavlov's dogs. In this classical experiment dogs learned to associate a bell with food and would therefore salivate when a bell was rung, regardless if any food was present.

However, the dogs learned to associate these two as the food was also presented at the same time. If the conditioned stimulus (the bell) is presented without the food enough times this behaviour becomes 'extinct'.

The time that it takes to lose this response is the resistance to extinction.

Hope this helps!

What makes up different phyla?

The phyla are a rank lower than kingdom and a rank above class on the taxonomic ranking. The phyla are defined somewhat loosely, with either 'must be clearly more closely related to one another than any other group' or 'a set of characters shared by all the living representatives'.

How many species of animals are extinct today?

According to some estimates, at least several hundred million. Discovery Channel (How many species have actually gone extinct?) says the estimates are between 1 and 4 billion.

This would include the Ediacaran extinctions, which occurred during the Cambrian shift (500 million years ago) to lifeforms that live on the land rather than in the sea.

What are all the extinct animals names?

There is a HUGE number of extinct animals! We regret that it is way beyond the scope of WikiAnswers to list them all!

For very comprehensive lists, see links in 'Related links' & 'Also see' sections below this box.

List of extinct animals in animal husbandry?

Extinct animals in India include bharattherium, exaeretodon, gigantopithecus, hyperodapedon, and Indian aurochs. The first fossil of bharattherium was discovered in 1989 and published in 1997, but the animal was not named until 2007.

Information on the sea mink?

The Sea Mink is an extinct North American member of the Mustelidae family. It is the only mustelid, and one of two mammalian carnivore species to have gone extinct in historic times. The longest Sea Mink ever recorded was 35.5 inches. The Sea Mink became extinct in the 19th century due to its prized fur, it was hunted until extinction. Before it became extinct it traveled from New England to as far north as Nova Scotia, Canada. Some say it did these long journeys to follow their main source of food, the Labrador Duck.

Name ten animals that live in water?

  1. Whales
  2. Sharks
  3. Fishes
  4. Sea Turtles
  5. Sea Snakes
  6. Octopus
  7. Squid
  8. Corals
  9. Dolphins
  10. Sea Horse

What are 3 ways a species could go extinct?

species can become extinct when people kill all the animals or their habitat is completely destroyed and they can't find food, and other animals kill and eat that species. a third way is that all the animals get a disease that kills the entire species

How Many types of moa were there?

The moa had 10 different types of species.But now they are all extinct.

What factors can result in the extinction of a species?

Competition from another species

Hunting of the species (by man)

Change in environment.

Click on 'related links' below this will take you to the wikipedia page on extinction.

How long was the Moa alive?

The moa, a flightless bird native to New Zealand, existed for approximately 80 million years, with its lineage appearing around 70 million years ago. The species became extinct around 600 years ago, primarily due to hunting by the Māori and habitat destruction. Thus, while the moa species thrived for millions of years, its presence in the modern era was relatively brief.

When did helicoprion become extinct?

It is not known specifically why the Helicoprion because extinct. It is thought that they became extinct in the Triassic period.

Are stingrays extinct?

No. Don't you remember hearing about Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter" being killed by a stingray?

Are zoos good or bad for all kinds of animals?

Would you be happy in a cage? No. Some zoos are horrible places just set up for cheap entertainment. But some have wide open spaces and really help save animals from extinction. As long as the animal keeps all its skills of the wild than zoos will survive legally. But zoos can turn into a death trap if desease breaks out. lol sabby

Which was the dinosaur age?

Dinosaurs lived during the Mezozoic era, between 251 million years ago and 65.5 million years ago. The Mezozoic era was split into 3 periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. Dinosaurs became extinct 65.5 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period.

What is the wing span distance from wing tip to wing tip of an albatross?

The maximum wingspan of the "Great Albatross" (genus Diomedea) is about 11 feet (3.3 m) from tip to tip. These large wings allow the albatross to fly long distances between isolated islands in their ocean habitats.

Why did neanderthals die off?

Either because of climate change, or competition from Cro-Magnon man (modern humans).

What type of plants did the Columbian mammoths eat?

The Colombian mammoth was a herbivore. The large animal ate gigantic fruit in the its time period such as the Osage-orange and the Honey locust.

What would happen if snakes were to become extinct?

It depends on if you like snakes or not. If you don't, the world would be good. If you do, then the world would have fewer things that you like. I, for one, like snakes. and if snakes didn't exist, the food chain would be altered and then there would be over population of the animals that snakes eat, which are alot of things. It wouldn't be the best thing if snakes didn't exist, because there would be more mice and rats. Then there might be another plague and millions would die and suffer. It would be terrible.