Extinct Animals in the Jungle

In the history of planet Earth, there are hundreds of animals that have gone extinct. Sadly many of which humans never even got to see or become familiar with. This is so sad, and more even more so do to the fact that humans have played a huge role in this change to the environment. An animal is officially considered extinct when it has no more living members of the species. Typically when animals become extinct a small number of humans take action the save said animal but by then, not much can be done.

The Great Boa, also known as the Titanoboa became extinct along with the dinosaurs. It is the largest snake ever known to roam the planet. It weight 2,500 pounds and could as long as 40 feet. It most likely became extinct due to loss of food source. Their prime choice in food was crocodiles, predominantly the Cerrijonisuchus. Cerrijonisuchus, means “small crocodile from Cerrejon”, but these creatures still reached an average size of seven to eight feet in length. Researchers are unsure of which animal became extinct first, all that is certain is that there extinctions are connected.

Another animal to become extinct from the jungle habitat is the Aukland Island Merganser. Of the large number of animals to go extinct from this habitat birds make up the majority. There are four species of mergansers on the planet and all are endangered. Out of the four the Aukland was the smallest, with the average size being just 20.5 inches. The species was declared extinct in 1902 when the governor of New Zealand shot the last pair. There have been two searches conducted in hopes of finding this species again but both were unsuccessful.