Some cool extinct animals images:
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) DDZ_0031
Image by NDomer73
On 8 June 2008, three groups of adult Bighorn rams totaling 18-20 animals were observed grazing along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge near the John Day dam. This pair preferred isolated green shrubs over ubiquitous dry grass.
Two hundred years ago, Bighorn Sheep were widespread throughout the western United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Some estimates placed their population at higher than 2 million. However, by around 1900, hunting, competition from domesticated sheep, and diseases had decreased the population to only several thousand. A program of reintroductions, natural parks, and reduced hunting, together with a decrease in domesticated sheep near the end of World War II, allowed the Bighorn Sheep to make a comeback, though not before Ovis canadensis auduboni, a sub-species that lived on the Black Hills, went extinct.
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) DDZ_0088
Image by NDomer73
On 8 June 2008, three groups of adult Bighorn rams totaling 18-20 animals were observed grazing along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge near the John Day dam. This pair was aware but unfazed from a distance of less than 100 meters.
Two hundred years ago, Bighorn Sheep were widespread throughout the western United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Some estimates placed their population at higher than 2 million. However, by around 1900, hunting, competition from domesticated sheep, and diseases had decreased the population to only several thousand. A program of reintroductions, natural parks, and reduced hunting, together with a decrease in domesticated sheep near the end of World War II, allowed the Bighorn Sheep to make a comeback, though not before Ovis canadensis auduboni, a sub-species that lived on the Black Hills, went extinct.
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) DDZ_0054
Image by NDomer73
On 8 June 2008, three groups of adult Bighorn rams totaling 18-20 animals were observed grazing along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge near the John Day dam. These two were aware but unfazed at a range of less than 100 meters.
Two hundred years ago, Bighorn Sheep were widespread throughout the western United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Some estimates placed their population at higher than 2 million. However, by around 1900, hunting, competition from domesticated sheep, and diseases had decreased the population to only several thousand. A program of reintroductions, natural parks, and reduced hunting, together with a decrease in domesticated sheep near the end of World War II, allowed the Bighorn Sheep to make a comeback, though not before Ovis canadensis auduboni, a sub-species that lived on the Black Hills, went extinct.
