Homo Floriensis - the ‘hobbit’. How tragic is it that but for a volcanic eruption they would likely have survived to the present day?
I’m torn. Dodos might be nice, but I think I need to go with Diictodon. Can you imagine have one of these little guys as a pet? Awww, puppy-lizards!
A Steppe Mammoth. Then I’d be much more badass than Hannibal and would conquor Rome at my leisure.
I’ve recently come across the rather sad tale of the Stephens Island Wren. Seems to have caught rather a bad break in the extinction lottery.
The story is not true, according to wikipedia, but it is quite interesting.
Apparently they’d be wizards at buying car insurance.
Smilodon, or Saber-toothed tiger. Hannibal can have his elephants, I’ll ride in on a tiger.
Neanderthals were my first thought after reading the thread title, even before reading all the posts saying the same.
By the accounts of people that ate Dodo, they were not great tasting. What do you expect from a relative of the pigeon? They are not likely to be raised as a replacement for chicken meat if you resurrect one.
Oh, hell yes. Why are extinct animals so much more badass than the ones we’ve got left? Even the names sound harder. Like the mastodon, you don’t mess with that.
According to Mr. Burns their eggs are quite delish.
Another vote for Neanderthal, I’d be interested to see if they could learn a modern language. As an aside, I saw a documentary programme the other day where the presenter was disguised as a neanderthal (brow ridges, big nose, neaderthal skull shape). He was able to walk down the street without attracting much attention.
Neanderthal porn. :eek:
The Elephant Bird. I want to ride one!
Homo Erectus. At least somewhat intelligent, capable of tool use, and distinctly non-human.
…perfect slaves.
Any dinosaur would be cool, for the obvious reasons.
But personally, I want to learn something REALLY strange: trilobites.
I suppose I would want to revive the Most Recent Common Ancestor of H. sapiens, P. troglodytes and P. paniscus. Or is the proper term ‘concestor’ now?
Dodos would solve the world’s hunger problems, one 40-pound docile chicken at a time. No offense or anything dodos, I would probably just keep one or two as pets.
A good choice, but as a second choice I would nominate the Giant Fossa (*Cryptoprocta spelea), *formerly of Madagascar. A 6-foot long man-eating weasel, that reportedly used to crawl into people’s homes in the middle of the night.
I like how you think!
Would the Fossa be able to lure the people into not being afraid at first by acting kind of cute and cuddly and then going in for the kill? Because I might just bump it up to first place for that.
I’ve heard that Dodo wasn’t particularly tasty, just easy to catch - but not sure what you mean about the other bit. Pigeon is delicious.
Pigeon = Winged rat
Not at all. Maybe you wouldn’t want to eat the city-dwellers, but many (if not most) pigeons & doves are great to eat.
If you’re talking about city pigeons, then maybe, but it’s the city part that makes them less than appetising, not the pigeon part.
Wood pigeon is on a par with fillet steak, IMO. I’m quite certain Rock Dove (aka city pigeon) would be too, if it wasn’t eating garbage and vomit in filthy urban conditions.