Hey friends! Today Ben explores what extinction actually means, how we know when an animal is truly gone and what happens when we decide to change things...More about Convergent Evolution and how it works:https://youtu.be/c0PYvIP0Tmw••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page!https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me!••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website!https://naturalworldexplored.com••••• Audio Credits:Intro Music by Aakash GandhiImage Credits:Ghost Lineages by Sceptic view - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42413712Alavesia Fly images:Alavesia leukoprosopa, holotype. A. Wing (abbreviations following Cumming and Wood, 2017). B. Postpedicel and stylus. C. Hind leg, inner lateral view. D. Hind tibia, dorsal view, with tibial organ on basal fourth. Arrow point basal R1 sensorial pit.Monoplacophora image:By FunkMonk (Michael B. H.) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19794861Iberian IbexBy Juan Lacruz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23442996Celia the Pyrenean IbexBy Jose Miguel Pintor Ortego - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46509145••••• 00:00 The Year Is 186101:15 The Mystery Is A Foot02:40 I. The Case Of The Midnight Cockatoo06:50 II. The Curious Case Of The Coelacanth10:36 III. The Convergent Case Of The Aldabra Rail13:36 IV. The Unfortunate Case Of The Pyrenean Ibex#animals #wildlife #nature #documentary #science #biotechnology #aldabra #extinction