http://www.metafilter.com/tags/marsupials Posts tagged with 'marsupials' at MetaFilter. Thu, 01 Aug 2002 12:22:15 -0800 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 12:22:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/18864/ <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/index.htm">The Thylacine Museum</a> is a true labour of love. Everything you could possibly want to know about the thylacine (AKA "Tasmanian tiger" or "Tasmanian wolf"). Able to open its mouth <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/introducing/tasmanian_wolf_2.htm">incredibly wide</a>, sit upright on its hind legs <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/naturalhistory/history_1933_present_4.htm">like a kangaroo</a>, and a foremost example of convergent evolution (extremely similar to placental mammals like wolves, yet marsupial), the thylacine was a fascinating animal. Hunted to extinction in less than a hundred years (<a href="http://www.cryptozoology.com/cryptidsq/thylacine.php">or</a> <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/naturalhistory/alleged_mainland_sightings.htm">not</a>), a <a href="http://www.austmus.gov.au/thylacine/newsrelease.htm">cloning project</a> is underway to try and resurrect it. This site has everything: <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/films/java/thylacine_films_java.htm">videos</a>, Java-riffic <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/skull/skull_diagrams.htm">skull diagrams</a>, pictures of <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/naturalhistory/prehistoric_range_2.htm">mummified thylacines</a> who died over 4,000 years ago, and pictures of <a href="http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/moretopics/Benjamin.htm">Benjamin</a>, the last captive thylacine who died in 1936. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.18864 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 12:22:15 -0800 cloning extinct marsupials tasmania thylacine biscotti