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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory The thylacine went extinct on September 7, 1936.
On this day, 89 years ago, September 7, 1936 (July 22, 1936, the thylacine became extinct. Today in history, thylacine became extinct on September 7, 1936. Thylacine is also known as the Tasmanian tiger because of its tiger-like stripes. Its ancestors may have been widely distributed in the New Guinea rainforest, Australia grassland and other places. It is the largest carnivorous marsupial in modern times. Like other marsupials, its mother has a pouch and gives birth to immature cubs. It develops during parenting and is nocturnal. Thylacine pictures The main characteristics of thylacine are slim, with a face like a fox, and a mouth that can open at 180 degrees. They often lurk in trees and suddenly jump on the back of their prey. The neck of the prey can be bitten off with one bite. Historically, thylacine once lived extensively in Australia and New Guinea. 5,000 years ago, Australia wild dogs entered Australia with humans and fought with thylacine, which had the same diet. The thylacine gradually disappeared from the grasslands of New Guinea and Australia. Only on Tasmania in Oceania still exists. The last thylacine died on September 7, 1936. Died at Hobart Zoo on Tasmania. However, since the British explorer Kirk traveled to Australia in 1770, he was hated by herders because he was suspected of attacking sheep. However, the culprits in most incidents were actually Australia wild dogs. Immigrants regarded thylacine as an enemy and regarded it as a "sheep killer", and, encouraged by the government's reward system, carried out mass massacres, making it nearly extinct. When the government wanted to stop the extinction trend of thylacine, the situation was beyond saving. In 1933, someone captured a thylacine, named Benjamin, and raised it at the Herbat Zoo. It died in 1936. Since then, there has been no news of the existence of a live thylacine. After 1936, reports continued to spread that animals resembling thylacines attacked livestock in New Guinea. Many witnesses also claimed that they had seen thylacines, but there was no ironclad evidence to prove that thylacines still existed in the world. In 1967, someone found a corrupt animal carcass in a cave. Experts confirmed that it was indeed the body of thylacine, but scientists disagreed on whether it was a fresh corpse or a mummy left behind many years ago. Whether thylacine has become extinct is unknown. In 1999, Mike, director of the Australia Museum? Archie found a specimen of young thylacine preserved in alcohol since 1866 at the Sydney Museum. Archer set out to study the possibility of extracting DNA from it to resurrect thylacine. On May 13, 2000, six similar specimens were found in other museums, making the relevant gene bank more complete. News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/13kf.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.27-12:51] 访问:80
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