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Earth's ecosystem has undergone a number of changes over several centuries, which includes the reintroduction of previously extinct Earth species.

## Overview

Species such as scimitar cats and dire wolves were salvaged and brought back from extinction. They were kept in zoos until Exodus century. Because there were not enough people left on Earth to maintain the zoos, all of the animals were released so they would have a chance at surviving. That created huge problems as the once extinct animals did survive and multiplied.

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## Scimitar Cats

Homotherium is an extinct genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats, often termed scimitar-toothed cats, that inhabited North America, South America, Eurasia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, existing for approximately 4 million years. They became extinct in Africa some 1.5 million years ago.

They reached 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) at the shoulder and weighed an estimated 190 kg (420 lb) and was therefore about the size of a male African lion. Compared to some other machairodonts, like *Smilodon* or *Megantereon*, *Homotherium* had shorter upper canines, but they were flat, serrated and longer than those of any living cat. Incisors and lower canines formed a powerful puncturing and gripping device. Among living cats, only the tiger (*Panthera tigris*) has such large incisors, which aid in lifting and carrying prey.

## Dire Wolves

The **dire wolf** (Canis dirus, "fearsome dog") is an extinct species of the genus Canis. It is one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America.

The dire wolf lived in the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs. They were approximately 5 feet long and weighed around 150 pounds.

Dire wolf remains have been found across a broad range of habitats including the plains, grasslands, and some forested mountain areas of North America, and in the arid savannah of South America.

## Moa Flightless Birds of New Zealand

Originally these wingless birds lived in New Zealand. It is believed that they went extinct because of over hunting by natives and predators, not because of any extinction event.

The Moa have always been depicted as having upright heads as shown in this picture, but it is believed that the head and neck was actually more horizontal and even with the back.

They were sometimes referred to as Elephant birds because their size is more along the lines of an Elephant then an ostrich.

It is now believed that many of the renderings of this flightless bird is incorrect in the way that the neck is drawn. It is believed that the neck jutted out straight ahead, parallel to the ground and did not curve upwards.