: The statement could be used satirically to comment on the sometimes slow pace of scientific discovery or the public's perception of extinct species. It might imply that just when we think we know something for certain (like the extinction of mammoths), new information can come to light.
At first, you see a parked Tatra T3 tram from 1989, covered in rust and wheat-pasted posters. Most tourists think it’s a dumpster. Locals know it’s a bar. Inside street 149’s courtyard, this "mammoth" serves 35-koruna shots of Fernet. Its heaters groan like prehistoric bellows. Its seats are original vinyl. It is not extinct because the city keeps trying to scrap it, and every time, the neighborhood holds a funeral that turns into a rave.