Results: Bringing Back Extinct Species
1.
1.
With advances in science, some believe it may be possible to bring extinct species back—raising questions about whether we should, and which ones. Do you think scientists should bring back extinct species if they are able to?
Yes
15%
•
225 votes
No
55%
•
821 votes
Undecided
30%
•
454 votes
2.
2.
If we could bring back one extinct species, which would you choose? Woolly mammoth
8%
•
126 votes
Saber-toothed tiger
4%
•
65 votes
Dodo bird
13%
•
194 votes
Giant ground sloth
2%
•
36 votes
Passenger pigeon
8%
•
118 votes
Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine)
4%
•
59 votes
Dinosaurs
6%
•
93 votes
None — we shouldn't bring any back
52%
•
777 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
32 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.73% | 11 | |
| unsure | 0.13% | 2 |
| ONES WE KILLED RECENTLY | 0.07% | 1 |
| Lots of animals lost, elephants for on, almost extinct. | 0.07% | 1 |
| no idea | 0.07% | 1 |
| I'd need to know how it affects the eco system | 0.07% | 1 |
| Moa | 0.07% | 1 |
| my wife | 0.07% | 1 |
| My childhood pet | 0.07% | 1 |
| Not sure | 0.07% | 1 |
| Recent species that man has destroyed | 0.07% | 1 |
| NA | 0.07% | 1 |
| if we made it extinct | 0.07% | 1 |
| all recent ones we killed off | 0.07% | 1 |
| recently extinct creatures that we need | 0.07% | 1 |
| Unicorn | 0.07% | 1 |
| I don't know | 0.07% | 1 |
| Caspian tiger | 0.07% | 1 |
| They come back in plants or grains ate in humans to transfer new spirts in body | 0.07% | 1 |
| any of the more modern ones - not dinosaurs | 0.07% | 1 |
| Caribbean monk seal | 0.07% | 1 |
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