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Published: 2018-06-06 05:21:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 1426; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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Drawing of the marsupial thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus. The last wild thylacine was shot in 1930, and the last captive thylacine, "Benjamin," died in 1936.Related content
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Saw a documentary about this. Is was truly heartbreaking that nature lost these beautiful mammals due too humanity. I hope, wish, and pray that we don't lose marsupials.
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Opossums are forever.
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Β Poor fellows - it's sad to think that but for the usual bad choices we might have been able to see this species as a living specimen and not another cautionary tale!Β
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Actually, Ben died in the Hobart Zoo in September 6, 1936.
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