Why We're Not Sure How (And If) the Tasmanian Tiger Went Extinct

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Watch the bonus episode about the possibility of the thylacine existing in New Guinea here: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-could-the-thylacine-still-exist-in-new-guinea Get a lifetime or yearly membership to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-apex-predator-we-still-dont-understand SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER https://stephaniesammann.substack.com Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Colourist of the thylacine footage: Samuel Francois-Steininger of Composite Films, France Thanks to Dr. Timothy Churchill and Dr. Douglass Rovinsky for their insight on this amazing subject. Thanks to our Patreon Supporters: Eric Ypsilantis Robert Thompson Keith Skipper References: [1] https://thylacoleo.proboards.com/thread/1465/thylacine-skull-dog [2] https://www.tesble.com/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb02233.x [3] http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/biology/anatomy/external/external_anatomy_9.htm#:~:text=Elevation%20of%20the%20thylacine's%20tail,the%20animal's%20centre%20of%20gravity. [4] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217310813 [5] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-021-01788-8 [6] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31716520/ [7] http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/biology/behaviour/behaviour_5.htm [8] http://www.thylacine.psu.edu/papers/johnson2003.pdf [9] https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/142/1/91/2691231?redirectedFrom=fulltext [10] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0364 [11] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723014948