I asked which 'extinct' animal has recently been spotted in Australia.

我问澳大利亚最近发现了哪种已经灭绝的动物。

And it is not just extinct animals that companies think might prove valuable.

一些公司认为不仅仅是灭绝的动物才有价值。

This provides us with direct evidence that this extinct animal ate fish.

这就直接地告诉我们这种已灭绝动物吃鱼。

Another really big extinct animal, and also the name of this social media platform.

另一种已经灭绝的大型动物，也是这个社交媒体平台的名字。

This remarkable discovery are giving us a wealth of information from these extinct animals.

这一惊人的发现为我们提供了来自这些灭绝动物的丰富信息。

And that can tell us something about the shape and size of these extinct animals.

这可以显示出这些灭绝动物的身型与大小。

They are places where dinosaurs and extinct animals lived and loved and fought for survival.

这是恐龙和灭绝的动物生存、择偶并为生存而拼搏的地方。

They are the nearest thing we really have to motion pictures or movies of extinct animals.

它们是最接近灭绝动物真实影像的东西。

Private " de-extinction" programs have been launched with the aim of bringing back some extinct animals.

民间的“反灭绝”项目已经启动，目的是恢复一些灭绝的动物。

But the team said it was the first time RNA has been recovered from an extinct animal.

但研究小组表示，这是第一次从灭绝的动物身上发现RNA。

And so I think this is why we're seeing some very nice reconstruction of extinct animals these days.

我觉得这也是为什么我们现在看见了一些非常完美的已灭绝动物的重建。

By comparing these patterns with those we see in modern animals we can better understand what extinct animals ate.

将这些痕迹与我们在现代动物上观察到的进行比较我们就可以更好地了解已灭绝动物吃什么。

This is where I introduce you to some totally bizarre extinct animal, right?

这就是我向你介绍一些完全奇怪的灭绝动物的地方，对吧？

" So there are! " I cried; " bones of extinct animals."

“原来有啊！”我哭了; “已灭绝动物的骨头。”

However, deducing intelligence in extinct animals is tricky and contentious.

然而，推断已灭绝动物的智力是棘手且有争议的。

Known as de-extinction, it's the process of bringing extinct animals back from the dead.

被称为去灭绝， 这是将灭绝的动物从死里复活的过程。

I mean, I'm fairly conservative in the way that I interpret behaviors of extinct animals.

诺雷尔：我的意思是，我对灭绝动物行为的解释相当保守。

Exactly. And 'mammoth' is also related to another very big and extinct animal, that also looks like a hairy elephant, a mastodon.

没错。“猛犸象”也和另一种已经灭绝的大型动物有关，它看起来也像毛茸茸的大象，叫乳齿象。

Instead, I'm on the trail of clues left by dinosaurs and other extinct animals when they were active and very much alive.

而是寻找恐龙和其他已灭绝动物存活时留下的痕迹。

Others will even include any large extinct animal including mammals like mammoths and mastodons.

其他甚至包括任何大型灭绝动物，包括猛犸象和乳齿象等哺乳动物。