Rare footage of Extinct Thylacine from 1933

The Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, was the largest known carnivorous marsupial. Both female and male Thylacines had pouches (the female for her child, the male for his scrotum). The Thylacine existed on the island of Tasmania until 1936 when the last animal died in captivity in Hobart Zoo.

The Thylacine resembled a dog, but had a pouch and a tail like a kangaroo and sometimes hopped on two feet like a kangaroo. It also has the ability to open its jaw up to 120 degrees, as seen on the film. The largest ever recorded Thylacine was measured 9 ft, 6 inches from head to tail.

In 1901 citizens of Tasmania began a national movement to protect their Tasmanian Tiger, but the official government protection only came about on July 14, 1936, 59 days before Benjamin, the last Thylacine, died in captivity. He died on September 7, which is now known in Australia as National Threatened Species Day.

Since 1936 there have been 3,800 reported Thylacine sightings, but never has the creature been captured on video or camera. The search continues.

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