Plenty of poets wrote them, but the most famous of all is John Milton's  Lycidas . Like all typical pastoral elegies, Milton mourns the loss of his best bud (who died in a shipwreck). But he also compares him to a shepherd and describes the ways in which nature mourns his loss, too.
The Banff longnose dace, a small minnow, was recently declared extinct. It failed to compete with the guppies, swordtails, sailfin mollies and other tropical fish that had been released in the warm marsh below the famous hot springs by tourists and national park officials.
Dire Wolf Facts. The extinct prehistoric animal facts on this page are all about the Dire Wolf, who is a relative of the modern day wolf. The Dire Wolf became extinct about 10,000 years ago when the end of the last ice age occurred. It is believed that loss of prey was the reason why it became extinct. There have been several times in recent history where this type of wolf has been portrayed.