TIL that the Pyrenean Ibex, which went extinct in 2000, was resurrected in 2009. For 7 minutes, the species was no longer extinct, but the baby died of a lung defect shortly after birth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenean_ibex



Submitted April 11, 2015 at 09:08AM by MrPaleontologist http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3273al/til_that_the_pyrenean_ibex_which_went_extinct_in/