2026-09-01 10:28 UTC
“A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different from the wolves and wild dogs it was likened to before being hunted to #extinction.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull.html #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania
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@SecondUniverse@autistics.life 2026-09-01 11:08
@davej@dice.camp The eradication of the thylacine is such a massive loss for all of us. I've read previously that the thylacine was blamed for the cattle predations of feral dogs - which were of course introduced by the very people exterminating the thylacine.