# SDMB: The Voyage Home **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858 "2008-09-23T16:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/1 "2008-09-23T16:49:40Z")
You get to go back in time and bring enough of a single species forward in time to save it from extinction. What do you choose? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/2 "2008-09-23T16:51:48Z")
Trilobites. Just cause. It’d probably turn out that they’re filthy little creatures, though, the cockroaches of the sea. And maybe poisonous to boot (which is how they managed to live so long). That’s be the situation with MY luck. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/3 "2008-09-23T17:39:41Z")
Pie. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/4 "2008-09-23T17:45:54Z")
T. Rexes. Because when I reveal my secret plans to take over the world, then I… Oh, crap. Forget I said that. Or dodos. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/5 "2008-09-23T18:07:04Z")
Tasmanian tiger. They’re so cool looking. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/6 "2008-09-23T18:24:07Z")
Megatherium. Giant, armored ground sloths are cool. And, of course, quite slow… so when bringing them back all goes _horribly wrong_ I’ll be able to outrun them in the inevitable, low-budget SciFi movie. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/7 "2008-09-23T18:26:00Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > You get to go back in time and bring enough of a single species forward in time to save it from extinction. What do you choose? The [passenger pigeon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon). I didn’t even have to think twice. Bad things would happen as a result, though, so I could only do it as **Fabulous Creature**. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/8 "2008-09-23T19:17:32Z")
[Sivatherium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivatherium)might be a fun choice. One of the bridge animals between Giraffes and [Okapi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi). No wait, the [Steller’s Sea Cow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_Sea_Cow). Gentle Giants of the Sea. Discovered in 1741 and extinct by 1768. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/9 "2008-09-23T19:21:01Z")
[Archaeopteryx](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx). Totally. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/10 "2008-09-23T19:24:36Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The [passenger pigeon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon). I didn’t even have to think twice. > > Bad things would happen as a result, though, so I could only do it as **Fabulous Creature**. I came in here to say that. Just because . . . passenger pigeons; what we did to them. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/11 "2008-09-23T19:25:51Z")
Whigs. We really need a third option. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/12 "2008-09-23T19:39:39Z")
Neanderthals. For the cage fights. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/13 "2008-09-23T19:41:36Z")
The Dodo. Just to screw with the all of the extinction sayings that have to do with them. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/14 "2008-09-23T23:07:48Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I came in here to say that. Just because . . . passenger pigeons; what we did to them. Weren’t they pretty horrible pests, though, in terms of destroying crops and such? If you can only revive one extinct animal, maybe it should be one that would do less damage. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/15 "2008-09-23T23:49:28Z")
The Whooly Mamoth. I think they’d be totally cool to have around. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/16 "2008-09-23T23:53:42Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Weren’t they pretty horrible pests, though, in terms of destroying crops and such? If you can only revive one extinct animal, maybe it should be one that would do less damage. That and it might take 10,000 to make them viable again. The Megatherium would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/17 "2008-09-24T00:01:32Z")
My last name is Wooley and Mammoth is my totem creature. You know which way I’m going with this. If I hit the lottery I’m backing those cloning guys all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/18 "2008-09-24T00:45:30Z")
Velociraptors, just to screw with XKCD. ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/19 "2008-09-24T03:59:46Z")
Those poor Yangtze river dolphins. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858/20 "2008-09-24T07:26:55Z")
Homo floriensis - if they were real. Otherwise count me for woolly mammoths. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-the-voyage-home/464858.md?page=2)