Published 15:16 IST, May 20th 2020
Rare footage released by NFSA shows last-known Tasmanian tiger in 1935
Native to continental Australia, footage shows Thylacines were large carnivorous marsupials that looked like a cross-breed of the wolf, a fox and a large cat.
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A rare, never seen before foot of last kwn Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, has been released by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) that has stunned internet. 21-second clip shared on Twitter shows ancient tiger named Benjamin prowling around his c at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania, according to media reports. clip was filmed in 1935 for a travelogue called "Tasmania Wonderland," and a few months later tiger Benjamin passed away.
Native to continental Australia, Thylacines were large carnivorous marsupials that looked like a cross-breed of wolf, a fox and a large cat. carnivore preyed on kangaroos as well as rodents, small birds, and or marsupials, according to statement released by Australian Museum. animal is kwn to have become extinct around 2,000 years ago, due to encroachment of habitat and hunting by human beings, as per museum’s report. Mostly confined to island of Tasmania, se ancient tigers decline due to introduction of dogs and have been unseen publicly for 85 years.
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Only professionally produced sound film
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia wrote on its website, “In clip above, we see Benjamin at long-defunct Beaumaris Zoo, calmly pacing his enclosure. Zookeeper Arthur Reid and an associate rattle his c at far right of frame.” Furr, site wrote, “this is only professionally produced sound film screened to audiences while a specimen was still alive in captivity.” narrator in video says, “ thylacine is w very rare, being forced out of its natural habitat by march of civilization." Benjamin died on Sept. 7, 1936, and was reported as last species to mark Thylacine’s extinction. Ar succumbed while it was in London Zoo in 1931, according to museum. However, a document released in October that year by Tasmania's Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water, and Environment mentioned 8 rare sightings in past years.
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15:16 IST, May 20th 2020