10 Rare Videos of Extinct Animals

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It has been said that there are more animals that have already gone extinct compared to animals that
still exist today. Many of these extinct animals disappeared only recently, and we are fortunate that
footage of them still exist. Today we will be looking at 10 rare videos of extinct animals. Make sure you
stay tuned till number 1, it is a tale that will sure tug at your heartstrings.
Number 10. The Bubal Hartebeest
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The Bubal Hartebeest was a type of antelope that was native to Africa, just north of the Sahara. They
had a coat of short fur that was a uniform sandy color except for gray patches on the side of its muzzle
and the tuft of its tail which was black. They were 3 1/2 feet at the shoulder and had ‘U’ shaped horns
when viewed from the front. They were also social animals, described as living in herds of up to 200
animals.
The Bubal Hartebeest was domesticated by Egyptians 3,000 years ago for food and sacrifice. Now it's
extinct because of over hunting in the 1900's. It was thought that the Bubal Hartebeest went extinct in
1923 until they were found in the wild, then in 1950 the French hunted them to extinction.
When the French conquered Algeria in 1847 entire herds of Bubal Antelopes were killed off by the
colonial military, who considered them as pest animals. By the middle of the 1860s, the animals were
restricted to the mountain ranges of northwestern Africa near and within the Sahara Desert. The animal
went extinct in Tunisia in 1902, Morocco in 1925 and in Algeria around the same time.

Number 9. The Baiji
   • RARE FOOTAGE! Baiji or Yangtze River ...  
The baiji or Chinese river dolphin, lived for 20 million years in the Yangtze River, China. The baiji's
demise was rapid and shocking; it went from a healthy population of some 6000 animals to extinct in a
few decades, which, in terms of evolution, is nothing more than a blink of an eye.
Before China's industrialization in the 1950s there were an estimated 6000 baiji living in the Yangtze's
thriving ecosystem. They migrated up- and downstream. By the mid-1980s surveys revealed that only an
estimated few hundred baiji survived; by 1990, the baiji was critically endangered - there were only
thought to be 100 left and in 1997 only 13 individuals remained. The nosedive in baiji numbers was fast
and shocking. The primary factor driving this decline was probably unsustainable bycatch in local
fisheries, particularly rolling hook long-lines, together with wider-scale habitat degradation.
The baiji was declared extinct in December 2006 following an intense, carefully managed and thorough
dedicated survey of the entire Yangtze River, which failed to spot or hear a single specimen. There have
been no verified sightings since and so the only conclusion we can come to is that the baiji is gone
forever - extinct - and humankind is entirely to blame.

Number 8. The Hawaiian Crow

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This native Hawaiian bird was declared "extinct in the wild" in 2002 when the last two known wild
individuals disappeared. Some birds remain in captivity, and between 1993 and 1999, more than 40
birds were hatched in a captive breeding program. The birds were released into a lightly managed
habitat and closely monitored, but releases were abandoned in 1999 because of increasing mortality.
The reasons for the bird's extinction is not fully understood, but researchers speculate that an
introduced disease, such as avian malaria, might have played a significant role in the species' decline.
However, the flame of reviving these species were never extinguished, and in 2017, thanks to the years
of work put in by conservationists, 11 of these birds were released at the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area
Reserve.
And while this revival is still fragile, it seems to be going well so far: In January 2018, the Hawaii
Department of Land and Natural Resources announced that all 11 Hawaiian crows are "thriving" in the
wild more than three months after their release. Here’s to hoping that Hawaii will be filled with these
amazing birds again.

Number 7. The West African Black Rhino
   • Western Black Rhinos Sparring  
The West African black rhino is one of the more recent species to go extinct. Once found in several
countries in the southeast region of the African continent.