'Crash-tested' skulls throw light on extinctions

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A technique used by architects and engineers is now being used to model animal skulls and to see the impact when an animal kills its prey.

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[fog0death]

lol she said 3000 years ago but yet she showed some pictures of some tasmanian tigers

[midare]

Emerson... she said, "from the Australian mainland," where from it is believed to have been wiped out BEFORE settlement. The Reason it is called the "TASMANIAN Tiger" is because they found them *gasp* in Tasmania, not on mainland Australia 0:50 ... extend that to the rest of your comment about Dingos who WERE on the mainland and likely contributed to their extinction in THAT particular location.

[jambozx]

she has the most annoying voice ever and that's why I hate these videos

[Cdabek]

wow they had cameras 3000 years ago?! XD

[Tapecutter59]

Grab a map and find Australia. Tasmania is the little island, the Australian mainland is the big island. Tasmanian Tigers died out on the big island 3000 years ago, they died out on the little island in the early 20th century. Dingoes were brought from SE Asia to Australia by aborigibes ~4500yrs ago, the little island split from the big island at the end of the last ice age, 10,000yrs ago which explains why Dingoes are not found on the little island.

[Dan Frederiksen]

it doesn't take a big jaw to swipe the credit card at the super market : )

[Nefariusi]

I was just about to ask what she said... I was thinking on how good definition the 3000 years ago B&W cameras had. And I also read about dingoes still not extinct.

[fog0death]

so tasmanian tigers lived in more areas not only australia? how can they become extinct then if they were so widely spread

[fog0death]

our own lineage survived not because of how strong we bite... rofl...

[Valkyriefury]

Yeah guys, I hate being this mean to you, but you're both retarded. She said Australian *mainland* for a reason.