Okay, talking to someone online, i'd like to quote you with what they said about the dead thing in Texas and my thought's on it.
I figured what the guy saw was a critter eating a carcass of another, which would explain why it didn't bleed and the ears fell off so easy.
this is what my conversation partner had to say:
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haven't you seen the many photos of the animal and the tissue sample? There are also *skulls that have been found*, the exact same deformed, reptilian like jaw. I am very educated on the process of decay and the stages, and I have to say, a carcass does not become how the beast was...Also, if an animal were to lay more than 10 hours in the temperature that the animal was in, there would be heavy insect infestation. There would be eggs, if not maggots, and all orificies would show insect wear.
Kidding, he added about them trying to clone the thylacine. Kinda wondered how much of this was true and what y'all's thoughts were