Facts about the Tasmanian Tiger(Thylacine) 🐅
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Science
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2nd - 12th Grade
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Hard
Gianna Ng
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5 Slides • 8 Questions
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scientific name: Thylacinus cynocephalus
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When did they first appear?
These animals first appeared about 2 million years ago in Tasmania.
Where?
Tasmania is an island near Australia.
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Amazing mouth gape ( 80%)
stripes on back like tiger
amazing stamina (the ability to run for a long time without getting tired (usually to tire prey out)
largest marsupial
39-51 inches
44-66 pounds
top of the food chain until humans
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humans
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Humans arrived, started sheep farms (around 1800s). There were 5,000 thylacine living there
Settlers didn't want Thylacine to eat their sheep so they killed almost all of them except for 2 or 3.
(1900) The last 2 Thylacine were kept in a safe place where scientist could study them.
Last Thylacine dies around 1926
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Poll
Do you think it was right for settlers to just kill every single Tasmanian Tiger?
yes!
no!
maybe yes?
yes and no!
maybe no?
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Multiple Select
Select all of their prey
lions
kangaroo
baby birds
dodo bird
wallaby
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Multiple Select
What does stamina mean? Select all answers that have a similar meaning to stamina.
the ability to run for a long time usually at a slow speed without getting tired to tire prey.
the ability to run very fast for a short time
the ability to run slow, but to a far place
the ability to run super duper fast for a long long time
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Open Ended
Why do you think that Tasmanian Tigers were called Tasmanian Tigers?
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Fill in the Blanks
Another name for Tasmanian Tiger is
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
Scientific name:
Thylacinius Tiberus
Thylacinus Cynocephalus
Tigerius Tasmanius
Tasmania Tigerius Thylacinius
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Multiple Select
Thylacine were killed off by
a drought
habitat destruction
hunting
humans
sheep
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scientific name: Thylacinus cynocephalus
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