Extinct or Extant Cryptids with 'Extinct or Extant'

This week we talk with BJ, who hosts the up and coming Facebook page 'Extinct or Extant'. We focus on three cryptic creatures that could quite possibly be actual animals thought to be extinct. We take you to the island of Tasmania; to the mountains of Northern Africa; then to the jungles of the amazon. If Historical mysteries and mysterious animals are your thing this is an episode you won't want to miss! It’s estimated that 99.9% of all species that have ever existed on earth are now extinct. Whether through mass extinction events, evolution or the hands of man, millions if not billions of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, dinosaurs, what-have you, have died out. We all know this, it’s the circle of life after all. From the time we’re old enough to pick up a book about dinosaurs we learn about the chics-sue-lub asteroid that struck the earth about 66 million years ago, putting an abrupt end to the dinosaurs. But dinosaurs certainly aren’t the only animal to die off, in fact before the extinction of the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago, there were 4 other mass extinction events and the latest one, the extinction of the megafauna occurred around 50k years ago. Now where this discussion get real interesting is when we hear stories of people coming across animals that were suppose to be extinct or when we hear stories of cryptids that sound very similar to animals that once existed. Personally I believe a good chunk of the cryptids out there today are exaggerations of animals that we thought died out long ago but are actually still alive and well, hidden away in areas if their habitat that are rarely visited. An example of this would be the orang pendek, a small, Sasquatch-like being said to roam the forested island of Indonesia, exactly where homo floresiensis once walked, a small human-like being nicknamed ‘the hobbit’. So tonight we’re gunna talk about some of these supposedly extinct animals that could be behind cryptid creatures. And to help us with this task we’re going to be talking with BJ, who heads the Extinct or Extant Facebook page. So sit back, relax and enjoy tonight’s episode of Almost Canon. Don’t forget to rate and review this show! The system’s algorithm loves ratings and reviews and the more we get the easier it is for the show to be found by other listeners.