A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars
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Brain samples of a thylacine that died in 1880 in Berlin were kept safe by researchers for decades. Now, they have finally been analysed.
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140-year-old brain sample reveals Tassie tigers related to carnivorous marsupials, not wolves - Australian Geographic
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Extinct animals – News, Research and Analysis – The Conversation – page 1
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Politicians if they fought in the wars they presided over : r/midjourney
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A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here's what we found
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A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here's what we found - WDiarium
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The Bengal Tiger: A Survivor's Story – Environmental History Now., bengal tiger
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A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here's what we found - WDiarium
Two new Australian mammal species just dropped – and they are very small
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Thylacine: Brain scan reveals Tassie tiger's 140-year secret
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Thylacine - Thylacinus cynocephalus - Carnivora
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