How are scientists able to say that a random species is extinct? Did they have to look everywhere?

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How are scientists able to say that a random species is extinct? Did they have to look everywhere?

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They take a guess and then say they were wrong when they find one. Check out the coelacanth as an example. Extinct technically doesn’t mean “we guarantee it’s gone”. It just means “we assume it’s gone”.

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