The Tasmanian tiger was declared extinct in 1982. But now… scientists are trying to bring it BACK. And it’s not alone! You might’ve seen news about dire wolves, woolly mammoths, passenger pigeons… dodo birds… dinosaurs?? “De-extinction” has become a huge and urgent scientific debate. But when I took a deep dive into what’s really going on here, I realized we're getting this conversation very, very wrong. We're on the cusp of a huge genetic breakthrough… and yet the most "huge if true" thing happening here isn’t bringing back extinct animals. It's what this means for all the animals alive today! And very few people seem to know about it… Chapters: 00:19 Can we bring back extinct animals? 01:22 Can we bring back a mammoth? 02:24 Is Jurassic Park possible? 05:44 Are Dire Wolves brought back from the dead? 6:26 What is de-extinction? 09:04 How do we save cute little animals? 11:08 Is the Tasmanian tiger coming back? 12:50 When is it ok to bring back an extinct animal? 14:09 What’s coming next for de-extinction? 15:10 Why is this huge if true? 15:42 :)