In a significant discovery, curators at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) have identified the remains of the last known thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger. The thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, Australia, and New Guinea, was declared extinct in the 20th century. Uncovering the Endling The specimen, a female thylacine, was captured by Elias Churchill in 1933 using a snare trap—a method that was illegal at the time. To avoid potential fines, the sale of the animal to Hobart Zoo was not publicly announced. The thylacine lived alone in captivity, with the famous footage taken in 1933 by naturalist David Fleay which became the last available footage of a thylacine in captivity only 3 years later. The animal was filmed seated, walking around its enclosure, yawning, sniffing the air, scratching itself, and lying down. Fleay was even bitten on the buttock during the filming. The footage was  digitally colorized in 2021 to mark National Threatened Sp...