Tasmanian tiger

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Tasmanian tiger

• ByTonya

http//www.Tasmanian-tiger.com/
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http//www.matthewholliday.com/2008/10/last-tasman
ian-tiger.html

• Do you think that the Tasmanian tiger is a
  tiger?Nope No one is sure what it is either a
  wolf or dog nobody is sure.
• Did they look like tigers at all?Nope they were
  dog like.They were like the dogs we have today.
• Have you ever considered a tasmanian tiger as a
  pet?people use to keep tasmanian tigers as pets.
• They are creatures that dont live today but
  people search for fossils.

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Description
http//www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/06/2026
370.htm

• Looks like a dog or wolf
• Stripes go from back to tail
• 5 or 6 feet long 3 feet tall
• Yellowish brown fur

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Habitat
http//www.emblibrary.com/EL/new.aspx?date073003

• It lived in forests,grasslands,and dry land.
• Lived in Tasmania.
• Went on farming territory.
• Ate meat.

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Feeding
http//whyfiles.org/224presumed_extinct/index.php?
g2.txt

• Ate sheep,goat,kangaroos,wallaby,and sometimes
  cows.
• Tires prey then strikes.
• Hunted in groups.
• Hunts on farming territory.
• Hunted at dusk and dawn.

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History

• The last few Tasmanian tigers died in the forest.
• The last Tasmanian tiger died in the Hobart zoo.
• The Tasmanian tigers moved to Tasmania due to the
  dingoes.
• Dingoes and Tasmanian tigers fought over food and
  territory.
• They could have died because they were in an
  unfamiliar enviorment.
• They were also killed by farmers causing the
  population to shrink.

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Fun Facts
http//www.endangered-animals.com.au/tasmanian_tig
er.htm

• The last Tasmanian tiger was very ancient.
• Females had pouches that were backwards!
• Females had 2 or 3 youngs per year.
• There is a 1 million dollar reward for anyone who
  proves that its not extinct.
• Has been extinct for 70 years.
• Might still exist.

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http//www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23728269-2,00
.html

• There are lots of things I learned about the
  Tasmanian tiger.like the Tasmanian tiger could
  open their mouths to 120 degress!It also swam all
  the way to Tasmania!like the Tasmanian devil!But
  the thing that surprised me was that dingoes and
  Tasmanian tigers were enemies!They were so alike
  Because they were enemies the Tasmanian tiger
  moved to Tasmania.

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Sources

• http//www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine.com

http//www.tasmaniantiger.com- http//news.natio
nalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0725_050725_tasmant
iger.html
http//www.tasmanian-tiger.com/about.htm