https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/not-tiger-not-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull-reveals-a-far-different-hunting-styleContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/not-tiger-not-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull-reveals-a-far-different-hunting-stylehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/not-tiger-not-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull-reveals-a-far-different-hunting-style#u55838Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:17:48 +0000Recent 3D scans of extinct thylacine skulls reveal the marsupial hunted with a crocodile-style snapping bite and an opportunistic style entirely unlike modern predatory mammals such as wolves or big cats. Australia's extinct thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was not the powerful predator European settlers had assumed. A UK collector also recently discovered a thylacine skull hidden inside a mounted fox head purchased for sixty-two thousand pounds.Why it mattersFor generations, scientists and European settlers assumed the thylacine hunted like a canine or a tiger. New morphological analyses o