The Tasmanian Wolf

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Pilosinushe the tasmanian wolf went extinct in australia long ago. The last one wen extinct, died in 19 36 in hobart zooi it's a great tragedy. You can imagine patting it and gaing, sit up and begand it looks just just like a dog because it does the same job as a dog. And the skull is almost identical to a dog. There are one or two telltale signs. It's a favorite trick in zoology exams to give a thylosina skull. They think it's a dog skull but they're wrong.

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Richard Dawkins received his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Oxford. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, where he was previously the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. He is an internationally best-selling author, whose books include The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God Delusion. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature.

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