Vanished Species, Written By David Day, Published In 1989. Illustration By Maurice Wilson.

Thought y'all might enjoy this.

I used an app to recolor black and white photos of thylacines.

You’ve seen art of wolves under aurora borealis, well here’s a literal polar opposite

just remembered they had both a thylacine mount AND skeleton in the museum in darmstadt so i needed to show you all!

This thylacine taxidermy at QVMAG has been nicknamed “Frankentiger” because it was constructed from the parts of two different individuals. American taxidermist Frank Tose is pictured in the black and white photograph above constructing Frankentiger’s plaster form in 1937.

Photos are from Where Light Meets Dark. [x]

Sunbathing thylacines

I found this interesting high quality zoomed out version of a iconic thylacine photo

Newly rediscovered footage of the last captive thylacine (“Benjamin”) as a juvenile at the Beaumaris Zoo has just been released!

The film is 7 seconds long and was taken by Reverend Harold Doyle in 1930 using a hand-cranked camera and nitrate film.

Though it is not as clear as other films, it is still valuable because it gives us more information about the timeline of the last captive and possibly his origin, which have long been disputed.

A looping version of the film can be seen here: https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/newly-discovered-footage-of-the-thylacine/video/9739dac68568a2d9d758c857a1417ae1

The Taronga Zoo in Sydney had a thylacine for a time.

This was the only thylacine ever displayed at this zoo. It’s enclosure was right next to a Puma’s. The puma got a hold of the thylacine’s tail and bit it off.

Return to dust and stars.

Watercolor and color pencil.

Charles R. Knight (1874-1953), Tasmanian Wolf and Cubs