#1 ”Curious Photo” 1880
#2 ”Trick photo, decapitated man with bloody knife, holding his head” 1875
At Sklinna
A seal has been shot at Sklinna lighthouse in Nord-Trøndelag. Anders Folkestadås worked as foremann at Sklinna during the construction of the lighthouse in 1910.
Photographer: Anders Folkestadås
Date: 1910
Photos ranging from 1880s-1930s.
Thylacines are Australia’s most notorious extinct animals; they were wiped out in just over 100 years of European settlement in Tasmania. While some people believe they are still alive in the wild, there is no firm evidence that this is true. The last known Thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo in 1936.
Because of the pattern of brown stripes over their bodies they were often called Tasmanian Tigers. But Thylacines were shy, fragile animals that sometimes died suddenly in captivity from stress. Thylacines had long, slender, dog-like bodies with stiff tails, large heads and incredibly powerful jaws.
There are large gaps in our knowledge of Thylacine biology. They made a husky barking sound, but there is no recording of it. Breeding probably occurred in winter and spring. Young Thylacines were born hairless and helpless like all marsupials, and lived in their mother’s pouch until they were too big to be carried. Males also had a pouch although it was not used to rear young. Adults probably lived to about seven years of age.
Historic accounts of their hunting behaviour describe it as stamina hunting, not stealth or ambush. With a stiff, relatively slow gait, they chased their prey until it was exhausted.
