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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has just released a rare look at an extinct animal called the Tasmanian tiger.
Dating back to 1935, the film documents Benjamin, the last Tasmanian tiger. The creature was a carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia, preying on Kangaroos, rodents and small birds.
We have released 21-second newsreel clip featuring the last known images of the extinct Thylacine, filmed in 1935, has been digitised in 4K and released.
— NFSA -National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (@NFSAonline) May 19, 2020
Be sure to check out the footage of this beautiful marsupial. #NFSAOpenOnline #TasmanianTigerhttps://t.co/s3JSAnmFck pic.twitter.com/FSRYXCTTMy
Benjamin sadly passed just a few months after this footage was captured, classifying his species as extinct.
For more info, read CNN's article.
