Quickly, quickly, you get your two new things, and then you will be trivia-less for an entire weekend while I visit my folks. Let me point you to a couple of sites my wikiing has turned up today:
The thylacine, a.k.a. Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf (because it looks a little like both of those beasts); in fact, it was a marsupial (like a kangaroo or an opossum) with a really big mouth. Former native of Australia, believed extinct, tho' unconfirmed sightings keep popping up in the wild. However... it may not stay that way.
And, just because I found the name deeply amusing, I offer you THE MONGOLIAN DEATHWORM!!! Shades of Dune, anyone?
Posted by gris at August 6, 2004 06:18 PM