. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. \ STUDY IN GAPES OB MANl HAPP\ RETURNS. be NAwiimg capacities aie shown al)o\e, was boThe fifth of November of this year (1902) was and bred in the Zoolo:r 30th birthday. rieal Gardens. more food, whereas the Cape specmien showsreal affection, which the keeper to relate, the Society have not liada seal in the collection for years, although agood specimen, which should not be difficultto get, would be a great attraction. time the Tasmanian wolf washoused in the small mammalshouse, but it has now beenplace
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. \ STUDY IN GAPES OB MANl HAPP\ RETURNS. be NAwiimg capacities aie shown al)o\e, was boThe fifth of November of this year (1902) was and bred in the Zoolo:r 30th birthday. rieal Gardens. more food, whereas the Cape specmien showsreal affection, which the keeper to relate, the Society have not liada seal in the collection for years, although agood specimen, which should not be difficultto get, would be a great attraction. time the Tasmanian wolf washoused in the small mammalshouse, but it has now beenplaced with the other mar- FoR sc Thylacine or Tasmanian Wolf. supials orpouchedanimals inthe kangaroosheds. Thisstrikingly-markedanimal is be-coming veryrare, and atthe presentmoment isonly foundin the veryremote partsof is thelargestcarnivorousmarsupial atpresent. caujIfoknian sea lion. living. The Colonists used to call it Tigie on account of the series of transverse blackbands on the hinder part of the back andloins, to show which a special photographwas taken, after a weary waiting. To-dayit is commonly called Wolf, and by reasonof the havoc it commits among the sheep-fold, has become nearly exterminated inthose parts of the island where there is afairly large settlement. In the shelter of thealmost impenetrable rocky glens and caverns of the moun-t a i n o u sregions ofT asmania,specimensmay still bediscovered,but the factthat theanimal is avery scarceone, shouldnot be lostsight of byanyone whodelights inseeing some-thing alivewhich maysoon becomeextinct. Zoo Notes 187 That the Zoo-logical Societyhas been moreunfortunate withits giraffes thanwith any otherspecimens in itsvast collectionthere is no doubt,and the lossessustained musthave amounted tomany thousandsof pounds. All visitois will lemembeiGiraffes, the fine male thatdied this spimg
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