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| Naturalist
David
Fleay made this film at the Hobart Zoo in 1933, which is the
last known motion picture footage taken of a living thylacine. The
particular animal shown is very likely to be the last
known captive. It is shown both at rest and also moving
around its enclosure. In two instances, the
animal displays the great extent to which it can open its jaws. Dr.
Fleay stated in both his diary and an article for National Geographic magazine
(Fleay 1963) that this individual was a male. Since there
is no obvious evidence of maleness, this has led some to believe that this
animal was actually a female. However, it seems highly unlikely that
such an eminent zoologist as Dr. Fleay would have made an error over the
sexing of the animal.
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