ELI5. How do you bring back a species from from near extinction?

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Saw a post talking about the white Rhino only had 200 animals left but now there are so many more. But how is this done without serious inbreeding. Or is there something I’m missing?

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I remember reading about how all giant squids, regardless of which ocean you find them in, have incredibly similar DNA. This could be a result of giant squids becoming nearly extinct at some point in time, and then later their population is restored, but it came from a limited gene pool, that is, the few survivors.

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