Watch the last Tasmanian tiger ever filmed... then it vanished forever
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, looked like a dog—but it was actually a marsupial more closely related to kangaroos, having diverged from placental mammals 120–150 million years ago. It could open its jaws to an astonishing 120 degrees, making it one of the most unusual predators ever recorded. Officially, the last known captive thylacine died on September 7, 1936, after decades of government bounties and habitat loss. Yet reported sightings continued into the late 1980s and even the early 2000s, leaving scientists and enthusiasts wondering whether Australia's most famous extinct predator truly disappeared—or simply vanished from view.