| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Extinct
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| Summary |
In 1930 a Tasmanian sheep farmer named Wilt Batty heard an intruder in his chicken coup. Grabbing his shotgun, Batty ran outside and encountered a creature that had stirred fear and loathing among Tasmanians for the previous 130 years. Batty had come face to face with a wild Tasmanian Tiger. What he didn't know was he was to be the last human being ever to do so. It has taken 70 years since then for scientists like Robert Paddle and Nick Mooney to understand the reality of the fate that overtook this incredible species. Mooney and Paddle believe that human hunting may not have lead to the final extinction of the species and new evidence suggests that disease played a role. While only half of all tigers were wiped out by hunting, this was the prelude to a fatal epidemic that may have brought the species to its knees |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of National Geographic Channel broadcast September 8, 2006. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Director: Jenny Ash |
| Performer |
Narration: Alun Armstrong |
| Notes |
DVD |
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No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Thylacine
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Extinct animals
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| Author |
Armstrong, Alun
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Ash, Jenny
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National Geographic Channel (Television station)
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