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Whether you’re into useful tips for self-improvement, psychology, recent discoveries, mysterious stories, or just your day-to-day routine, there’s something for everyone! You can expect all that and more coming at you in five new episodes every day. If you’ve got a thirst for knowledge that never quits, then join our community! We have a good time, so take your shoes off, kick back, and make yourself at home here on the Bright Side of life!

  1. 23h ago

    The Final Encounters with Extinct Species

    Let's talk about some fascinating extinct animals and their last recorded sightings. The Barbary lion, also known as the North African lion, roamed the Maghreb but was hunted to near extinction, with the last wild sighting in 1956 and about 80-100 still in captivity. The dodo, a flightless bird from Mauritius, disappeared rapidly due to invasive species and habitat destruction, with its last confirmed sighting in 1662. Steller's sea cow was discovered in 1741 and hunted to extinction within just 27 years, leaving only bones and fossils as evidence. The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was last confirmed in the wild in 1930, and the last one in captivity died in 1936 at Hobart Zoo. Credit: Wild Barbary lion: By Marcelin Flandrin - ⁠http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...⁠, ⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...⁠ CC BY-SA 3.0 ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Rau Quagga: By Oggmus, ⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...⁠ Paradise Parrot: By Huub Veldhuijzen van Zanten/Naturalis Biodiversity Center, ⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...⁠ CC BY-SA 4.0 ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Xanthium italicum: By Enrico Blasutto, ⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...⁠ CC BY-SA 2.0 ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Museum für Naturkunde: By Laika ac - ⁠https://flic.kr/p/hKyLfB⁠, ⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...⁠ CC BY 2.5 ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Chytridiomycosis: By Forrest Brem, Riders of a Modern-Day Ark. Gewin V. PLoS Biology Vol. 6, No. 1, e24 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060024, ⁠https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio....⁠, ⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...⁠ Animation is created by Bright Side. ⁠#brightside⁠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: ⁠https://thesoul-sound.com/⁠ Listen to Bright Side on: Spotify - ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD...⁠ Apple Podcast - ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id...⁠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ / brightside  ⁠ Instagram - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ / brightside.official  ⁠ Tik Tok - ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of...⁠ Snapchat - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ / 1866144599336960  ⁠ Stock materials (photos, footages and other): ⁠https://www.depositphotos.com⁠ ⁠https://www.shutterstock.com⁠ ⁠https://www.eastnews.ru⁠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: ⁠http://www.brightside.me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    These Animals Will Come Back to Life by 2028

    Scientists are working on some amazing projects to bring extinct animals back to life by 2028! The woolly mammoth, a giant furry elephant-like creature that roamed the Ice Age, is one of the top candidates. Using DNA from frozen mammoths and mixing it with modern elephant DNA, researchers hope to recreate a living version of this long-lost species. They're also trying to bring back the Tasmanian tiger, a wolf-like marsupial that disappeared in the 1930s. These "de-extinction" projects could help restore ecosystems and teach us more about conservation, though some people worry about the risks of playing with nature. If successful, these animals might walk the Earth again in just a few years! Credit: Colossal Biosciences / YouTube TheThylacineVideos / YouTube Zoos SA / YouTube wocomoCULTURE / YouTube Chirp 07 / YouTube CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Fat-tailed Dunnart: By Bernard DUPONT - https://flic.kr/p/gew1wi, https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei... CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Mammoth tusk: By Jim....., https://skfb.ly/6ppAO Mammoth: By AYM STUDIO, https://skfb.ly/oQYsq tasmanian tiger: By Animalmuseum, https://skfb.ly/oVBqE Dodo [ Extinct Bird ]: By BlueMesh, https://skfb.ly/6xFuB Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: / brightside Instagram: / brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Whether you’re into useful tips for self-improvement, psychology, recent discoveries, mysterious stories, or just your day-to-day routine, there’s something for everyone! You can expect all that and more coming at you in five new episodes every day. If you’ve got a thirst for knowledge that never quits, then join our community! We have a good time, so take your shoes off, kick back, and make yourself at home here on the Bright Side of life!

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