Learn more about the Tasmanian tiger

This animal has the name wolf bag, also known as the Tasmanian tiger. They were pocket-sized carnivores, with the body of a wolf, but there were stripes on the back of a tiger.

Their scientific name is Thylacinus cynocephalus. This creature first appeared in Australia and Papua New Guinea. They disappear on mainland Australia, and are only found in Tasmania, southern Australia.

In the 1800s, Australian farmers accused them of being a sheep attack, failing farmers' crops. With aggression, with incredibly sharp teeth, and wide mouths, they are really fierce predators.

The team, led by paleontologist Stephen Wroe at the University of Sydney, studied the skulls of 39 predators around the world, and confirmed that the wolf pack had three times the size of a dog with Equivalent weight. Surprisingly, in some cases, there are smaller animals that have a stronger bite than adults.

"Among the modern creatures, Tasmanian tigers won the championship title for the strongest bite corresponding to their body size. They have been regarded as enemies and hunted down," said paleontologist Stephen Wroe . "People use hunting guns, poisons and traps to destroy them. The government gives rewards to those who kill many wolves. And after 70 years of hunting, they are considered extinct."

The last known wolf wolf died in 1936 at a zoo in Tasmania. However, many noted that they are still in nature. They live in secluded areas of deep forests and away from people.

However, another study has the opposite conclusion. Marie Attard, of the University of New South Wales, pointed out that the animal's skull is deeply recessed when biting its prey makes its jaw less strong. This animal's jaw is said to be quite weak, so it only catches smaller animals than its body.

This finding is intended to try to awaken people to an objective, scientific view, before taking action, to avoid unfortunate consequences, to extinction for an animal that has lived millions of years on the planet. . A group of US and Dutch environmental economists are conducting research to see if the need to destroy this wolf 100 years ago has led to their extinction in 1936 as scientists still think. .

Research results indicate that economic pressure cannot lead to the disappearance of Tasmanian wolves. The fact that this strange animal reduced its number over time, then disappeared because its habitat was narrowed, agricultural land replaced wild land. Along with that, the hunting speed is too strong.

Dr Stephen Wroe adds reasons such as losing his prey, struggling with many wild dogs, diseases, and wildfires. Scientists are now calculating the implementation of this wolf cloned from specimens stored in museums.