Ben,the last captive Thylacine

[alecker23]

The zoo neglected to open his shelter during 1937 polar night winter and the poor Ben died...

Damn stupid human race!!!!

[carli2509]

It makes me so sad, I have fell in love with these animals they are so amazing. I really hope there is some living in hiding. When I hear about animals being hunted to extinction I am ashamed to be human.RIP beautiful thylacines.

[JHcoach19]

benjamin is not a boy its a girl the zookeeper mistakke the gender

[balto4]

@JHcoach19 yes,i have always heard it was female

[ahool69]

that animal is so beautiful. look at it's head, the back, those stripes. it is so beautiful and some what exotic. poor thing is extinct. i hope there are some that are really hiding out there so they won't be hurt again.

[legacy945]

how u ganna put a song like this it said it somethin u never killed before wow

[legacy945]

there still alive

[dean4171]

i really think the world would be a better place if humans were extinct

[ilikebender]

They've successfully cloned the thylacine! unfortunately... the baby died after it was born... (they used a mouse) but if they had used the only close relative alive to clone it... it would have been successful...

the closest living relative is the Tasmanian Devil...

Ben had shown us the mistake we made, but we ignored it...

Humans will never learn from their mistakes... The death of Ben made the Thylacine the Tasmanian coat of arms, and Hobart Zoo's logo.

[76nobe76]

It's so sad to know we lost such an amazing animal. I hate the song that goes with the video. Find a song by nickel back.

[balto4]

@76nobe76 I actually did have one of there songs on a vid,but youtube ended up blocking it

[petuniamighty]

@76nobe76 so beautiful do not like the music !! they say when this happens it is the creature who decided to leave the planet they had enough !!!! too hi a vibe to last here i am glad they are free from this place , and yes we all choose through vibration wheather you think it makes sense or not !!

[johmedis]

@76nobe76 As someone from the country that this animal comes from, if someone puts a Nickelback song on this video, it's a disgrace. Anyone who thinks Nickelback is a good band is pretty stupid.

[lladic2]

Imagine if aliens landed here and watchs us what we are doing at the moment, they see us that we are killing animals into extinction , they will have to stop us and reduce our population for 70%

This is fucking embarassing to aliens.

Wea re humans, we can solve animals problem easier than animals do.

[balto4]

@lladic2 What we have done to this planet in a relatively short amount of time is disgusting and embarrassing.We should be ashamed of our species

[Smithe777]

its so awful, :'(

makes me so sad, honeslty man kind is awful, no respect for beautiful animals. >:@

[balto4]

@Smithe777 I am often sickened by the actions of mankind

[Smithe777]

@balto4 same here, i was just looking up youtube videos and came across the thylacine, and ended up loving them and watching easily over 30 videos about them. i just hope they are still out there, and all those sightings really were thylacines. I love yours videos, im sure you have a great passion for these animals.?

[balto4]

@Smithe777 Thanks :) I hope all of the sightings are real,but some I have seen are clearly mangy foxes,but some do in fact look VERY real. I discovered the Thylacine about 13 years ago when I went to England and went to the London museum and saw one there. But it wasn't until a few years after that I was really hooked on the animal. something about them has me drawn into them

[Smithe777]

@balto4 yeah same here, i seen one video and got hooked on them, i started to research them more. there actually amazing creatures! but its sad how all the videos that have captured them, are blurry so its reaally hard to tell what is on the camera. but what gave me hope was the casting of a proven thylacine foot print, :)

[balto4]

@Smithe777 Yes I have seen casting of verified foot prints as well,so that is proof

[Smithe777]

@balto4 yeah, i just hope that theres more good proof like that.

[amongthefallen17]

@Smithe777 Mmm, ima let these dog like creatures eat my live stock! I'm a farmer who needs to farm for a living, but these thyclaines deserve to eat my cattle, livestock, and ruin my harvest. Don't get me wrong, it was wrong to kill them for game, but alot of them died for attacking cattle, etc.

[Smithe777]

@amongthefallen17 i know what you mean, but it is also wrong, to kill them for fun and rewards. i believe if you see it killing your livestock then you can shoot it, but not kill every one that you see.

[blondstar14]

people are monsters i watch that and even many films and i saw people killing so beautiful animals they had kill so many animals and they cant come back i love to see thylacine in wild happy having a great life it other thylacines ;( humans are defently one of the horrible monsters on our earth

[balto4]

@blondstar14 I agree,and it is sickening. they now say Lions are going to become extinct in the wild in less then 50 years :( Also the same with Tigers,both of these animals will be gone in the wild

[jewel360x]

White people Europeans kill all the beautiful animals

............(im Not racist though)

[booitis]

sad not only does it look as if they have starved him half to death but after reading many articles comes to find out the dumb ass's left the poor thing kicked out of his nightly housing. he died because of negligence.it saddens me to no end the facts that there gone forever.

[balto4]

@booitis Yes it froze to death and was fairly old too :(

[fastisnice]

haha isnt it funny quick throw your ciggaret butts at the funny animal

[fastisnice]

look at the inbred tasmanian farmer teasing the tazzy tiger geez i would like to king hit him. im pretty shaw the people in tasmania are like the people from the deep south in america.

[fastisnice]

a little info:

Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributory factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment

The thylacine was one of only two marsupials to have a pouch in both sexes.

The modern Thylacine first appeared about 4 million years ago

The thylacine was exclusively carnivorous

ben died on 7 September 1936. It is believed to have died as the result of neglect, locked out from its bed in the cold.

[Momokongo]

Benjamin is so cute, it makes me cry watching knowning that he died a long time ago

[balto4]

@Momokongo I agree with you :(

[EPICJack1]

man poor ben and who left her out is a idiot they need to think

[EPICJack1]

omg i cant watch this its sad

[MeerkatGal]

I wish I could see a real, live one. Such amazing creatures..

[tehwioug]

Hmmm I wonder if in 20 years time we'll see other Aussie animals like that:The footage of the last _____ and everyone going:I wish i could've,I wish I should've.(The Bilby nay be gone in 20 years!Do something!Gimme a reply or thumbs up if this has reached you and unlocked your mind.

[franco216]

Ben, the two of us need look no more

[balto4]

@franco216 I am thinking of using that song for a video,once i get the one i'm working on finished

[ataglen]

may be if more people thaught like that ben and her kind would be still around 2day.Again man knows best and destroys more than he saves . may be if steve erwin had been around they would still be here as well

[balto4]

@ataglen In those days wild animals were often only seen as a form of entertainment,be it in a zoo(which were different in those days)hunting ect. Steve Irwin claimed to have seen one at one point and was planning to search for them but then he died :(

[ataglen]

if but chance 1 was alive and i found it i would keep it 2 myself as people would only cage experiment and destroy it like so many others have done

[ataglen]

my great grandfather never killed them only trapped them. the last 2 he trapped are in the queen victoria museum in launceston

[balto4]

@ataglen Thats quite interesting :) Yea some trapped them for zoos ect Or someone else would kill them. Yea if I found a live one i would leave it there and keep it to myself

[ataglen]

my greatgrandfather trapped theae animals when he was alive (not that i agree with that) it is documented in a book by beryl stevenson after her research.my grandfathe r told me about them

[balto4]

@ataglen That's interesting that your Grandfather hunted them,I actually like hearing stuff like that it is interesting even if you don't agree with it. I should look up that book,how many did he kill?

[Naveen500]

my grandfather and great grandfather, have seen this, even though my grand father was only a few years old, but they're both dead now too

[balto4]

@Naveen500 That's neat they saw the animal when it was alive

[bushdidit2u911]

that sux! would have made great pets and companions once they were domesticated! real shame

[FuschiaShark]

Such beautiful creatures; we could have done something to save them, too. I'm hoping they're still out there, today... :\

[balto4]

@FuschiaShark Thats what makes it even more sad people could have saved them,but instead wanted museum pieces I'm hoping they are out there too

[IrredeemableSavior]

I always remember seeing footage of it while its yawning. It always creeped me out as a child.

[balto4]

@IrredeemableSavior I always found it creepy and haunting at the same time

[saymoes]

Our era of humans is ranked the 6th greatest extinction period of all time, compared it to natural disasters such as the Permian extinction event, or the meteorite that killed out th dinosaurs. Looking back, you wonder how stupid hunters, and the tasmanian goverment could be. What is still saddening is that we are continuing to make animals extinct, through habitat loss, and trade. I just wish we could go back in time and tell them.

[balto4]

@saymoes the thing is,they wouldn't have cared esp in those days. Heck they don't care now. Like look at the careless actions of the oil company in the USA,they know how bad oil is for the ocean there are alternatives such as farming seaweed and algae for similar oil and isn't harmful to wildlife,they already know that but still use fossil fuels anyways. The fact is even in this day and age people don't care about wildlife if killing them means money

[pac6010]

@saymoes Ya go back, how about right now. I promise you we WILL be the last living land animals left before everything said and done. We have no respect for anything, even ourselves.

[crazyflackees]

there stupid send some to america we would of probably cloned them and they wont be extinced

[crazyflackees]

there stupid send some to america we would of probably cloned them and they wont be extinced

[crazyflackees]

what the fuck? thylaclane are dead and u play a carnival song are you mocking them well guess what FUCK YOU!!!

[balto4]

@crazyflackees The point wasn't to be funny,it was actually meant to reflect that time period and was more meant to look like an old news reel

[biroltapmaz1]

humns destroy everything,its time that all poeple will be destroyed

[balto4]

@biroltapmaz1 We will become extinct one day too due to your own 'success' unfortunately many other species will also be gone by then

[ImGoingInSolo]

I don't humans should dissappear. If we learn to live in peace with nature, and learn more then why destroy humans?

[balto4]

@ImGoingInSolo Oh I agree,I don't want humans or anything else to become extinct. Just unfortunately it COULD happen if we continue with things such as warfare and violence. Untimely we decide our own fate

[ImGoingInSolo]

It is unknown if "Ben" was male or female since males could retract their genitalia into a pouch which they used for protection when running through the thick bush or during fights.  However I think "Ben" was male since this thylacine seem bigger than most.

[ImGoingInSolo]

What do you think Balto4?

[balto4]

@ImGoingInSolo Yes true,I have read some things that said it was female,and others that said male-since they didn't preserve the skin or body of this animal,we will never know

[biroltapmaz1]

if we destroy our selve thats one thing,but why do we pull everybody allong with it

[Okapi1997]

aswell is ure group the one with 340 members or 3 on facebook lol

[rayraya823]

I love the thylacine =-/

Isn't there a baby one in a jar that can be revived and bring the species back to life? =(

[Okapi1997]

sadly no, they were seen as poop on tasmania, as they prayed on sheep that WAS INTRODUCED BY HUMANS TO THE ISLAND, although they only killed a small percentage of sheep

the worst thing is the tasmanian goverment paid 1 pound at the time for each fully grown tasmanian tiger killed.

Although the last one killed in the wild 1930 by a farmer, people still claim that they have seen them

Last point, ben was attually a girl,

[goldbullet50]

Stupid humans...

[josecordova76]

Beautiful animal... :(

[nerdshake07]

What a magnificent animal...

It's a damn shame.

[balto4]

I agree it sucks :(

[kablamobump]

I wonder what thylacine tasted like?

[Katieboo1996]

shut up kablamobump DX

[crpdv]

sad,painful and iam not australian,protect wath you have and this will never repeat

[balto4]

We reap what we sow-soon the world will be empty,because we keep on destorying everything

[MonakoSM]

Its so sad on what happend to this wonderfull anaiml i was wondering did they ever find what it was really mixed with like its ansisters?

[PrincessDani0507]

get me some food bitch now!

[darkhyena]

The upbeat music goes very well with the grainy, sad imagery. The style is reminiscent of the Elephant Man (1980).

[balto4]

Thanks I was trying to go for that feel

[lavelezjr]

Looks like a kangaroo .

[balto4]

yea esp at the back it does look kangaroo-like

[Daremyth92]

favorited (Y)

[thylacine1234]

where did you downloas the song?

i looked everywhere on google,limewire even A.L.O.T!

[balto4]

I have it on CD,thats why

[thylacine1234]

crap!

[CRAZYKANGAROO123]

awsome song with it very nice were can i download the video of benny boy

[balto4]

Thanks-the videos can be found at the thylacine museum,type that in google search and you'll find it

[Guineapigsrockmysock]

His real name is Benjamin, but I guess Ben is alright =)

[balto4]

Yes I know it was Benjamin,but thought it was better to shorten it

[Guineapigsrockmysock]

hehe yeah I know what you mean! Thank you so much for this! I really appreciate it. =)

[Milynia]

"His"?

[thylacine1234]

i relly want to here one in real life.

[UberBeef]

R.I.P ben, i kno theres still more of u out there.

[balto4]

Agreed,there's more of them out there :)

[UberBeef]

this song goes crazy good with this vid

[balto4]

thanks :) I thought it went well with it too

[UberBeef]

ur welcome