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Johnny Depp has had many memorable roles.

But his most famous role may be his turn in Edward Scissorhands where he plays the title role of an artificial man who has scissors for hands.

In fact, it is SO famous that a 505-million-year-old fossil of an extinct creature has been named after Depp because of this character.

The extinct great ancestor of lobsters has been deemed Kooteninchela deppi .

Here's what a scientist said:

"When I first saw the pair of isolated claws in the fossil records of this species, I could not help but think of Edward Scissorhands. Even the genus name, Kootenichela, includes the reference to this film, as 'chela' is Latin for claws or scissors. In truth, I am also a bit of a Depp fan and so what better way to honor the man than to immortalize him as an ancient creature that once roamed the sea?"

Wow!!!

We wonder if Depp will call the scientist up to thank him!

It isn't everyday that one gets an honor such as this!!!

Check out a picture of the extinct creature… AFTER THE JUMP!!!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: amazing, claws, creature, extinct, fossil, johnny depp, science

This is absolutely heartbreaking.

A cute little koala bear made his way back to his home in New South Wales, Australia.

But once he got there… it was all gone.

The area had been cut down and chipped by logging operations.

A volunteer from a rescue operation licensed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service called WIRES snapped a pic (above).

The most heart wrenching part?

Tags: awful, endangered, extinct, home, koala, logging, sad, threatened

Sure, everyone wants their own pet T-Rex!

Though remember, they may be cute when they're babies, but once they start to get too big, you can't just flush them down the toilet like a New York City alligator myth. LOLz!

All jokes aside, just because we have the ability to do something, does it mean we should??

When it comes to extinct species, if we can get our hands on a sample of their DNA, there's a good chance we'd be able to bring them back.

Ethically though, is that something we should do?

Sure, they once lived on this planet, but their era has long since passed.

But we want a pet wooly mammoth!!

Check out the video (above) to hear a scientist argue for and against extinct species resurrection!

Tags: cloning, dinosaur, ethics, extinct, resurrect, science, species, wooly mammoth

This is just AWFUL!

At the Tsavo National Park in Kenya, the Wildlife Service said they believe a gang of 10 poachers killed a whole family of elephants!

That is so sad!

They are currently pursuing the poachers who are believed to have killed 11 elephants.

The gunfire attack killed the whole family, then the poachers chopped off

Tags: africa, asia, attack, awful, black market, catch, china, elephant, elephants, extinct, family, illegal, ivory, killed, money, poachers, so sad, target, trade, tusks, wildlife

That congratulations is completely sarcastic in case you missed that.

This is just awful.

The Japanese River Otter has just been officially declared extinct.

Tags: awful, carcass, extinct, fur, humans, hunt, japan, japanese, otter, play, pollution, population, river, so sad, spotted, wild

Omg omg omg!!!

That is literally the CUTEST little kitty we have ever seen ever!

EVER!

Look at his little feet! Ah!

Zoo Tel Aviv Ramat-Gan in Israel was lucky to have mama Sand Cat, Rotem, who gave birth to four of the cutest baby sand kitties we've ever seen.

We're seriously about to run to Israel real quick to go try and steal one of these little guys.

We're kidding obvi, but these little guys would be the best cuddle buddies.

Sadly they're extinct in the wild so thank goodness for this zoo or else no one would get to enjoy their insane adorbzness!

[Image via Tibor Jäger.]

Tags: adorbz, baby, birth, cat, cuddle, cute, extinct, israel, kitties, kitty, little, luck, lucky, mama, omg, wild, zoo

The Discovery Channel will be airing a new 90-minute special on July 7th at 8pm called MAN VS. WOLF!

The special is actually a documentary about man's passion and hatred for the wolf.

Wolves have been pushed to the brink of extinction

Tags: congress, danger, discovery, discovery channel, documentary, endangered, endangered species, extinct, film, found, livestock, man, new, protect, species, wolf, wolves