In the Land Down Under, a ferocious feline once ruled the remote island of Tasmania. Also known as Tasmanian Tiger, the last known specimen died out in 1936. While much smaller than tigers that we are more familiar with today, this animal was a force to be reckoned with. It could literally open its jaws to nearly 180 degrees and had seriously sharp teeth inside. Despite looking more like a large dog, Thylacine was an apex predator. Unlike today’s tigers, the creature was actually a marsupial, much like other native Australian wildlife. Tasmanian Tiger dates as far back as the early 1800s, when George Harris first discovered the species in the then-fledgling land of Tasmania. Its presumed extinction was quite tragic, as a hunter successfully eradicated the last wild Thylacine in 1930. Just a few years later, another one’s life ended after the zoo that captivated it unfortunately left it to die. Even though the animal is scientifically thought to be a thing of the past, sightings continue in Australia to this day. Unlike Bigfoot, a cryptid still undocumented, Thylacine did exist previously. The question now is whether or not it has endured relatively off-the-grid. The jury is still out. Do you think this apex predator could still be out there?
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