Thylacine Essays

  • Flying Fox Adaptations

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    Marsupial Tasmanian Devil - Found in Tasmania - Can live anywhere in Tasmania but prefer coastal scrublands and forests - Sleep under rocks, in caves, logs or burrows - Mostly eat birds, snakes, fish and insects - They will eat the dead Carcasses (carrion) of these animals - Tasmanian devils eat the bones, hair, organs and muscle of their prey 1. Strong jaw – To eat the carcasses 2. Dark fur – Helps them to blend into their environment at night as they’re nocturnal 3. Excellent sense of smell

  • Thylacine Essay Outline

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    What is a Thylacine? The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus: dog-headed pouched-dog) is a large carnivorous marsupial now believed to be extinct. It was the only member of the family Thylacinidae to survive into modern times. It is also known as the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf. What did it look like? The Thylacine was sandy yellowish-brown to grey in colour and had 15 to 20 distinct dark stripes across the back from shoulders to tail. Although the large head was dog- or wolf-like, the tail

  • The Hunter Quotes

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    Essentially, the author describes reason as dominating nature, or in other words, masculinity dominating femininity. She emphasizes the masculine urge to dominate through her main character, M’s, desire to hunt an endangered Australian tiger, the thylacine. His passion for this hunt is unusual, but can be explained through the relationship between the hegemonic male species, and women. We find everyday examples in our society of reason dominating

  • Riversleigh Fossil Site, Australia

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    Riversleigh Fossil Site, Australia Geological History Riversleigh covers an area of approximately 80 square kilometres and is located 250 km north-west of Mt Isa. Riversleigh is Australia’s most famous fossil site and fossils were first discovered in the area in 1901. The fossils document the evolution and changes of Australia's terrestrial fauna and ecosystems. The last remnant of the supercontinent Gondwanaland finally separated into Australia and Antarctica between 30 and 40 million years

  • Dingo Research Papers

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    The dingo is seen by many as being responsible for thylacine extinction on the Australian mainland about two thousand years ago,[7] although a recent study challenges this view.[8] Dingoes have a prominent role in the culture of Aboriginal Australians as a feature of stories and ceremonies, and they are depicted

  • Summary Of Into That Forest By Louis Nowra

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    The thylacines represent Indigenous perspectives to reconcile with Aboriginal people and allow them to see themselves throughout the novel. He enthrals young adult fiction readers through the wild child trope, the fight for survival, his reputable brutal imagery

  • Southern Gastric Brooding Frog Analysis

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    Mike Archer, an Australian paleontologist, looked down through a microscope and saw that a single fertilised frog egg had divided in two, and so on. Eventually, the egg produced an embryo containing hundreds of cells. But this egg was special. Archer’s team had changed it with the DNA of the southern gastric brooding frog, a creature that has been extinct for more than 30 years. Archer’s goal is simple: To bring the extinct gastric brooding frog back from extinction and, provide hope for the hundreds

  • Argumentative Essay-Hunting Should Be Banned

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    Why are there specific animals that are endangered or going extinct? Because humans are to blame. This essay will explore the different ways of why trophy hunting is treacherous and why we should ban it. There is nothing humane about bringing an animal into the biosphere only to profit off their death. Prophet Muhammad once said, “Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself”. While trophy hunting often brings in money to certain locations, it’s counterproductive to the overall knowledge