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TIL It's possible to bring back some extinct animals. In 2016, some ecologists from UCSB advised which species should be revived to best impact Earth's ecosystems. The species that made the cut: Christmas Island pipistrelle bat, Reunion giant tortoise & Lesser stick-nest rat.

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