Raising extinct animals in captivity

[Creator]

And one more thing, I am planning to save 3 aquatic mammals namely, the Carribean Monk Seal, The Yangtze River Dolphin and the Stellar's Sea Cow. As I can see, those mammals are pretty heavy. How do people get aquatic animals from aquariums?

[thaddeus6th]

Maybe an aurochs or quagga?

Aurochs is a type of giant cattle typically six feet high at the shoulder, worshipped by the ancient Cretans.

Quagga is halfway between a zebra and a horse. Horseish at the back end, zebra-like at the front (shape is essentially the same, it's just a colour difference).

[Creator]

The Aurochs I am still considering... but the Quagga is on the list.

But ok how did aquarium keeps get whales and the like into aquariums... Sorry to say but my countries doesn't have marine mammals in the aquarium.

[Overread]

For something like a whale I think it involves a very large custom truck and a lot of hose pipes! A whale breaths air so it can survive out of water for some time, but it needs to be kept wet all that time. I think there are also problems with bulk weight out of water and crushing the lungs - that would be a worse problem for something like a blue whale I would suspect (there lungs are not inflated when they dive but deflated and empty - all the oxygen is held in thier high heamoglobin bloods)

For the ones you suggest I think its would have to be again custom trucks with built in watertanks - also custom planes - expensive but the only way

[Creator]

Oh... don't worry I think the lung crash should not be too much of a problem. the 3 extinct aquatic mammals weight less than a orca.... And the Carribean Monk Seal, can crawl on land anyway. I just need to convince the fella to go through the Time Portal. Here.... Fishy Fishy...

And yes I am grateful for the facts and tips you guys have been giving.....

But one more question, err ok...
To add a bit of drama, I rescued 3 Yangtze River Dolphin but ok but it was in a pretty bad shape though. One had serious injuries and the other was sick. Lets talk about the sick one.

My Park's head vet, diagnosed that the sick dolphin had a bad concentration of chemicals like mercury. But ok how do you detoxify an animal. Humans have to take herbs so what do animals need to detox?

[Dave]

Add the Elasomtherium to your list please:
Elasmotherium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was a European Hippopotamus, but more like a Horse, and is supposedly the source of the legends of Unicorns. Now, everyone would like to see a Unicorn.

[Creator]

Err no problem...

But ok back to the topic on the detoxifying an animal that has been ingesting pollutants?

[The Ace]

Something that would definitely help would be dosing it with a charcoal/milk of magnesia mix in water. Settles the stomach and absorbs the toxins which then void in the usual way.

[Creator]

Oh thanks a lot there Ace

OH yah anyone knows what other creatures did the Dodo shared its island home with?

[Urlik]

Originally Posted by Creator

Oh thanks a lot there Ace

OH yah anyone knows what other creatures did the Dodo shared its island home with?

here you go Creator

Fauna of Mauritius

[Creator]

Cool! Thanks

Well well the islands creatures excluding the giant tortoises were pretty small though... ah well I just have to bring lots of bird cages. But the only obstacle left is to either survive a cyclone or the first people of Mauritius.