Biologists Just Found Out What Thylacines in Tasmania Actually Are

Biologists Just Found Out What Thylacines in Tasmania Actually Are, and it isn't a wolf. A new study of 225 skulls shows the Tasmanian tiger's jaw matches no living mammal. Its closest working match is a crocodile. For a century it was branded one of the most dangerous animals in Australia, a sheep killer behind wild animal attacks on livestock. The bones say otherwise: a 17 kg ambush predator that took bandicoots with one lightning-fast snap. Feral dogs, an invasive species, may have done much of the damage it was blamed for. Inside: the staged 1921 photo that built the myth the 1933 zoo footage, a rare thylacine caught on camera why it may have survived decades past 1936 the de-extinction plan and its wolf-costume problem If you love animal facts, apex predators, wild Australia, scary animals, deadly animals and animals you didn't know existed, subscribe for more wildlife documentary stories.