Someone paid £50 for a taxidermy "fox head" at a West Country antiques fair because its slightly ridiculous googly eyes made them laugh. Weeks later, it sold at auction for £60,000 — after two sharp-eyed bidders independently realized it wasn't a fox at all, but the head of a thylacine: the extinct Tasmanian tiger. A Mislabeled Rarity The mount had been catalogued at … [Read more...] about A £50 “Fox Head” Bought at a Market Just Sold for £60,000 — Because It’s an Extinct Tasmanian Tiger
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The Public Has Now Been Given Access To The Last Known Footage of a Thylacine
What is believed to be the last known footage of a thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, has been made available by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) as a "new" lost film (despite being a marsupial and looking nothing like a tiger apart from its stripy back). When "Benjamin," the last verified member of the species, passed away in captivity in … [Read more...] about The Public Has Now Been Given Access To The Last Known Footage of a Thylacine