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Some others I like:

Neanderthals. The closest thing to us modern humans, with whom we briefly co-habitated Europe. Though we may never know for sure, it is intriguing to consider just how intelligent they were, what kind of culture they had compared to us, how we interacted with them. Recent evidence suggests we may have interbred, with non-African modern humans possibly containing 2% Neanderthal DNA in our genome.

 

Megalodon. A shark the size of a bus. Truly a terrifying prospect; as epic as they sound, I reckon I'd be petrified of going more than waist-deep into the ocean if these buggers still lived. The leading theories as to the cause of their extinction are the cooling of the oceans and the decline of the large cetaceans they depended on for food.

 

OTBWY said:

There are multiple theories on why they died out. Most say it was them being replaced by sabretoothed cats, but there are also other theories that say they were already dying out before the cats came. Wolves coming to America from Alaska land bridge could also have caused their numbers to dwindle. Some of their prey could have also died out or become to fast for them to prey upon. Multiple factors are always at play.

I do find it fascinating, the reasons why species become extinct, whether it be climate change, natural disasters, competition, loss of their food source, etc. Sadly, in recent times it's all too often the fault of us humans.

JRPGfan said:

The "real" ones the size of a turkey? or the jurassic park like ones that arnt velociraptors, but use that name because it sounds cooler?

They should've just called the ones in JP Deinonychus cos that's what they basically are sans the feathers, but yeah, I guess Velociraptor just sounded more badass.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 21 April 2018