85 years ago today, Arthur Reid forgot to slide open the hatch linking Benjamin’s pen to his sleeping quarters and the last known Thylacine curled up under a clear Spring sky and died. Not just a life, an entire lineage gone into the night. Lest we forget #ThreatenedSpeciesDay https://twitter.com/ambervwilson/status/1435124784359116806
Colourised 4K footage has been released of Benjamin, the last-known living Tasmanian thylacine, at Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo.
Benjamin died 85 years ago today and his species declared extinct.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/tasmanian-tiger-footage-digitised-and-colourised/100439870?utm_campaign=news-article-share-next-actions-0&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
An exciting update on this thread 🧵
This study has climbed from 3rd most read to 1st in @RepFertDev🥇🥇🥇🥇
@UON_research @PerthZoo @FAUNAresearch https://twitter.com/lachlan_gh/status/1409674193814265859
My study on #biobanking for #frog #captivebreeding in @RepFertDev is the 3rd most read in the last 60 days! 🥉
Time for a thread 🧵
Can #zoos produce frogs better suited for release to the wild which have cost less to breed? #Biobanking could be the answer!
Photo: @PerthZoo
Great to see our research finally out, another chapter from @lachlan_gh PhD!
How #biobanking could save $ and boost genetics in Australian captive breeding programs! 🐸❄️
@UON_research @Rose_Upton1 @SimonClulow @JohnClulow1 @FAUNAresearch https://twitter.com/lachlan_gh/status/1398074062572638211
Latest #research out #openaccess in @RepFertDev!
#Biobanking could help #zoos save vital #conservation dollars & boost genetics in captive #frogs!
🐸's produced with #biobanking will be cheaper $, less inbred & more suited for release to the #wild!
Detailed thread next week🧵 https://twitter.com/RepFertDev/status/1397385874032103426
Big shoutout to the #research team @Rose_Upton1, @SimonClulow, @JohnClulow1, @DrRRwitt, @ConSCInet
And key collaborator orgs: @PerthZoo, @FAUNAresearch, @UON_research, @ConservationUon, @Macquarie_Uni, @UC_CCEG!
Another successful collaboration! 🐸❄️