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Thylacine

And the very last, the endling, Caged in the sunlight at Beaumaris Zoo, Tired of the poking and the prodding Paced out of existence into history, Into emblem and icon Legend and label, On to things protected by copyright, Footage and fable, And the internet's electric jungle, And into that great white emptiness Of extinction, That giant ship which we are building, Stacking and storing, Fitting and filling, Recording into the grand voyage Of oblivion.
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Written by
bill-higham
Australian
Published
Mar 25, 2016
Lines·Words
16·75
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The last known Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) died, reportedly due to neglect, in Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, Australia, in September 1936.

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