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Mick Loates (b. 1947)

Hi!!! I baguely remember a photo of a thylacine with a joey poking out of the pouch and it stuck with me a lot because it surprised me to learn their pouch opened backwards, but I can't for the live of me to find it. Do you perhaps have it around? Thank you!!

Hello! Thank you for the ask!

I have a few ideas what the photo you are looking for might be.

First is the Buckland and Springbay mother and pups photo. This was a taxidermy that was later destroyed, however portrays a joey emerging from the pouch:

Next is the family group from the Washington zoo:

(portrait done by Joseph M Gleeson of the Washington zoo family)

This was a mother and 3 Joey's that were brought into the national zoo in Washington DC. The Joey in the pouch ended up passing away in September unfortunately.

Beaumaris zoo group:

This was a mama with an extended pouch from four Joeys. In the film where the keepers are getting them into the den for the night her pouch is easily seen moving as she walks.

Lastly pictographs:

These are a collection of pictographs from around mainland Australia that depict Thylacinus Cynocephalus. Note the two middle on the left that have an extra tail, showcasing young in the pouch.

This doesn't show the pouch but it's one of my favorites.

If none of these are it and you have more ideas on what the picture may be let me know! Send as many asks as you'd like! As far as I know I'm aware of all or at least the majority of thylacine media.

I spend a lot of time in archives *sob*

Antique Magic Lantern glass slide of a thylacine. Magic Lanterns are an early type of image projector used for entertainment and educational purposes from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Halloween art piece:)

Enjoy

Also if you understand the tombstones, kudos!!!!

Australian thylacine stamp from 1962.

From 50 Facts About Animals by Ron B. Taylor, published in 1983.

some more images of the thylacine you have probably never seen before

Preserved head of a female thylacine at Oxford University Museum of Natural History and a photo of the same animal when she was alive. This individual was captured in 1925 and sold to Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, before being transferred to London Zoo in 1926. She died on the 9th of August, 1931. She was the last living thylacine to be exhibited outside of Australia. 

Top photo by S. Sleightholme

Don't even get me started they have a Thylacine at the museum and it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen

The Brighton Thylacine, at the Booth Natural History Museum. The egg is a Great Auk egg. Although the museum is mainly a memorial to several Victorian collectors, the exhibits now have a strong conservation message, and they really do need more visitors and donations to preserve the collections.