8 Extinct Species Science Can't Bring Back From The Grave

    And two it can. Bad news everyone, DNA has a half-life of 521 years so no Dinotopia future for us.

    1. Were Velociraptors "Clever Girls"? We'll Never Know.

    Palaeogeneticists in Copenhagen and Australia examined 158 leg bones from three extinct species of bird which still contained DNA. After lots of SCIENCE! it was determined the building blocks of life degrade completely after slightly over five hundred years.

    2. All The Preserved Ice Mammoths Were For Naught.

    3. Laughing At A T-Rex's Tiny Arms Is Forever Regulated To Museums.

    4. We'll Never Know What Color Archaeopteryx's Feathers Were.

    5. Sabertooth Cats Managing With Such Obtuse Teeth Will Never Be Seen.

    6. How Much Foliage Does A Brachiosaurus Eat? Knowledge Lost To The Ages.

    7. We'll Never Create Pterodactyls And Put Saddles On Them.

    8. NO ONE WILL EVER OWN A GIANT GROUND SLOTH.

    9. Instead We Can Save The Dumb Old Dodo Bird.

    10. But Also Tasmanian Tigers!