The Search for the Thylacine 

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: The thylacine endling mentioned as “Benjamin” in the video turned out to be a female and she was never known by that name. The name has been a myth that was widely used to refer to the last known thylacine. This myth originated from a story published in the Melbourne press in 1968 (32 years after the last thylacine died). Frank Darby told the story, he claimed to have worked in the Hobart Zoo and took care of the thylacine, and lied about the name Benjamin of the last thylacine. This story took on and although the Zoo has denied Darby’s claim and inconsistencies have been found from his story, the name stuck. Researcher Robert Paddle and museum curator of vertebrate zoology Kathryn Medlock said on 6 December 2022 that they had managed to track down the remains of the final thylacine that died in Hobart Zoo in 1936. It was found that the thylacine was a female. Source www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-06/benjamin-thylacine-tasmanian-tiger-naming-myth-persists/101734442? Please read the sources linked in the description

I think people's claims of seeing this animal still alive is a result of our guilt over its extinction. I think instead of trying to prove it's still alive or cloning it, a better way of honoring the Thylacine is to save what animals we have today that are endangered and make a more friendly environment for them before just bringing them back.

Frank Darby, who claimed to have been a keeper at Hobart Zoo, suggested Benjamin as having been the animal's pet name in a newspaper article of May 1968. No documentation exists to suggest that it ever had a pet name, and Alison Reid (de facto curator at the zoo) and Michael Sharland (publicist for the zoo) denied that Frank Darby had ever worked at the zoo or that the name Benjamin was ever used for the animal. Darby also appears to be the source for the claim that the last thylacine was a male. Robert Paddle was unable to uncover any records of any Frank Darby having been employed by Beaumaris/Hobart Zoo during the time that Reid or her father was in charge and noted several inconsistencies in the story Darby told during his interview in 1968.

as a tasmanian i am very happy that you covered one of my favourite creatures i’ve traveled the entirety of tasmania as i love camping and the only things close to them that i see/hear are usually just tassie devils fighting or possums fighting and i assume a lot of tourist think that they’ve struck gold when they hear it

You're videos are SUCH high quality. I cant wait to watch you grow.

"May we one day see this beloved creature again"

the quality of content you put out is mind-blowing, I hope your channel has incredible growth this year. keep the content coming.

Man, I sure hope that there are rare groups of Tasmanian Tiger's still alive in the remote dense wilderness of Tasmania, or other near by region's. They are such amazing creatures. They were unfairly scapegoated.

Your videos are so high quality it's a shame you're so underrated :(

The last surviving Thylacine died of NEGLECT?!?! Before seeing this video, I was melancholy for the extinction of the thylacine. Now I'm outraged.

It's been a while but I'm glad you're back! Your videos are always very educational and helpful! Both your paleontology videos and modern-day animal videos are very enjoyable to watch. And the motion design and editing are phenomenal!

I never realised that Thylacines only hunted small prey. That makes their extinction all the more pointless and tragic.

⁣Trapped am I, in cage of twisty wire, cold concrete. PROWL RAGE HOWL Know you not that I am tooth and claw- see me hunt through bracken and bush, see me swagger across wild lands, see me glory at the edge of cliff.

How could Australians afford losing such animals? Greed and stupidity rule.

Great overview! Another video by one of the most underrated RU-vidr's ever.

Your conclusion that the Tasmanian tigers are extinct on the mainland and Tasmanian is to be expected because there has never been clear photo or a body to prove that they exist. Let me mention the black panthers of Australia with many sightings of the years but as with the tigers no clear photo no body to provide proof. But the panthers do exist because l had a very very good look at one 40 years ago in Victorian high country. So l imagine the tigers are out there as well

That was really good!

So glad you’re back! Love the animals, and these videos are one hell of a class on how to communicate information visually. It’s only a matter of time before your channel blows up, dude!

Great video 👍🏾 Such a beautiful animal I hope they still exist, if I ever saw one I wouldn’t say a thing! I have heard there has been quite a few sightings in PNG most of the land is untouched.

"did not know" before and after.....bounty says it all

How does this video not have a million views by now??

Absolutely awesome video with brilliant research and production values! Thank you!

it's us humans that should be tagged as troublesome creatures

0:28 I think that drawing is based on the only image i could found with the pouch visible

Image and video credits: 1. Thylacine footage compilation 1911 footage by "Mr. Williamson", 1933 footage by David Fleay. Authors of the 1928 footage are unknown., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thylacine_footage_compilation.ogv 2. 4 Griffith on expedition Jeremy Griffith’s remarkable search for the Tasmanian Tiger (thylacine) | www.humancondition.com/tasmanian-tiger-search/ 3. Footage of the last thylacine Probably Sidney Cook (1873-1937), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Last_known_footage_of_a_Thylacine.webm 4. Thylacine and Tasmanian devil after a drawing by George Harris, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Didelphis_cynocephala_and_Didelphis_ursina,_1808.jpg 5. Thylacine with chicken Henry Burrell (died 1945), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thylacine-chicken.png 6. Wilf Batty with the last wild thylacine Photo of Wilfred Batty, author unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilf_Batty_last_wild_Thylacine.jpg 7. Bagged thylacine Victor Prout?, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bagged_thylacine.jpg I can't put the credits in the description box because I have exceeded the maximum number of character limit with my sources. I need to find a more effective way of putting my citations that's both easily accessible and is more spacious than the regular RU-vid description box. If anyone knows how, please let me know, thanks!

Great channel and even better video you had epic content from the start but you’ve stepped it up again

An excellent post. Well done to you !

How can they have an exact day of extinction of a species they’d never researched or counted or even understood? Its a marsupial and was hunted like a big cat predator but it turns out the only predator in this story is man himself

I'm starting the think the existence of things like dogs and humans is what drives them to live in very remote mountainous places so maybe that's why they were never caught as live specimens on the mainland - because they were already living in fear of the Dingo and driven to very isolated mountainous spots that aren't favoured by the Dingos.

It’s a real shame they let the Thylacine go extinct.

Sorry to ask this in a comment, but is there a way to contact you? I know you either are or were in my discord, but I forgot your user. No worries if you don't want to be contacted, but if you DO please let me know! I'd be asking about a collab, and if you'd be interested in doing that!

They didn't bother with a proper confersation program for the species back them.

Very informative video. BUT there has never been a panther body or perfect photo taken in Australia 🇦🇺 However the panther does exist in Australia because l had a really really good look at one. Lots of people also see panthers and say nothing because of the ridicule. I'm sure that Tasmanian tigers are in Tasmania and the mainland due to heaps of legitimate sightings

This is a Great Video

The dodos are cuter, and yet we still are unknowingly killing species. (Say, how’s that Arizona extinct species video going?)

6:20 i doubt if it was mounted, since i have seen photos in the same area, were the thylacine had clearly moved

Le thylacine ressemble beaucoup à un loup mais il chasse des prois beaucoup plus petites donc il n’à pas le même satue au niveau de l’écologie car le loup est un grand prédateurs alors que le thylacine est un prédateurs de taille moyenne.

Such a sad story

Hey, its more likely than a still alive megalodon

Another highly professional video! I've already started putting the word out about your channel - I have no idea how successful I'll be, but even one extra subscriber will be worth it!

This really made me mad and sad

Why didn't they organise a breeding program back then to save them up to now.

is a tiger on the coat of arms of NZ?

I was in a remote part of Tasmania, when I spotted a huge Big Foot, about 8 feet tall, and he had a pair of Thylacine, one male and one female, on a leash. He was trotting with them, through the woods. I quickly grabbed mt phone so I could get some video footage, when suddenly my battery died. Oh well, the footage probably would have been too grainy to see anything anyway.

Can you make a video on recently extinct animals

fun fact the people looking for them lots of the time found paw tracks

I hope they fired the negligent zoo keeper.

4:20 ecological

Well he was not the last one, just the last one on film. We will never know when the last one died. Its not like the put in a huge effort to replace him.

Nope. foot prints galore; and scat. witnessed by Police; and Ranger.

Humans: *destroy the thylacine's habitait* Thylacines: *kill sheep, wich it possibly dindnt even do* Humans: These m*therf*ckers need to pay

So sad

Dog as conclusion Lad

NO! It lives

Jeremy Femto

I like how the zoo just wanted to get another one after letting the one they had die!! I believe there are still tigers out there.

There are still wild parts of Tassie that white man has never set foot on It’s hard to say whether it’s extinct or not and feel certain

If we’re looking to repair the ecosystem, we could do no better than to transplant the Malagasy fossa as a stand in fot the extinct thylacine on Tasmania and in eastern Australia and pledge never to hunt another animal to extinction. We can’t amend the sins of the past but we can take care of the environment we do have to preserve it for future generations.

Nothing to see here..usual click bait. Reported sightings over decades proved groundless.

It's not because you can't see that it's extinct... it's no longer a "naive" animal as it was at the time of its genocide... be very calm in saying that some species is extinct... it's impossible and irresponsible

Im back, unlike the thylacine

Two thylacines have clearly been spotted on thermal cameras this year in Tasmania and Victoria. Another had 12 witnesses on different occasions in S.A last year in the same area. Thylacines are just like kangaroos in the clips but clearly walk on all 4 legs and in one clip run extremely fast bounding and trying to hide. Don't forget, that the thylacine is a marsupial and should be compared with a kangaroo rather than dog or fox which is what people continually do. Maybe because they watch too much television rather than understand what people have seen. Thousands of sightings have been made about seeing the illusive marsupial all over Australia including the majority on the mainland. Our scientists are weak in this field and as one farmer commented, I have thylacines on my property and they live in a den. I don't go down there I just leave them alone. No scientist has ever asked us about them but continue to publish rubbish without asking the people who know. Another farmer I know said that they also knew of them in their area but they keep quiet because they don't want people wandering around their houses. I asked another farmer who I see every so often about them in the area and he just gave a cheeky smile and said they're still there, don't worry. How can I, a simple person speak to a few people and get totally different answers than our well paid scientists? Scientists want evidence and the farmers have it but no, they sit in the office. If you want a conspiracy theory, a belief is that where they are generally found is in farming areas. Forestry and wheat farming areas have heaps of sightings so if they do find one alive, what will happen to that town and industry? It'd probably go under. Look, no thylacine keep moving, it must have been a mangy fox or a dog etc.

Clickbait bollox, blocked 🚫

hahaha.. sightings? dreaming men.. your ancestor already wipe it out.. every video shown here always start with benjamin...

Thylacines are related to the hyena both are marsupials both have wide jaws both have a pouch near there anus One has stripes one has spots both have 4 pups every 14 months when breeding etc🦘