Full Version: Tazmainian Tiger
The Tasmanian Tiger was thought to be long goon but recently people have reported seeing them. They all describe seeing kangaroo like dogs around the size of a fox with stripes on hind end. Could this mean the long lost tiger has survived being hunted.
Plausable, at best.
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I certainly wouldn't say it resembled a Kangeroo.
Anyway, it's doubful. The last known existing Thylacine died in Hobart Zoo on 7th September, 1936. Since then none have been captured or even accurately seen and detailed. And people have searched and searched and searched. I'm sure it's not that elusive. There would have had to be enough of them to continue on a species which means, i'd say, at least 15-20 and with those numbers it shouldn't be too hard to find proof, which there is none.
Thylacine was declared extinct by international standards in 1986, which was 50 years without seeing a single animal.
Here is a list of searches and sightings since the animals extinction:
Failed and unsucessful are both strong words there as you can see. I don't believe it exists anymore personally, there's just too much evidence piling up against it.
My source: Please see this site for further information.
http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebP...HAN-53777B?open
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I certainly wouldn't say it resembled a Kangeroo.
Anyway, it's doubful. The last known existing Thylacine died in Hobart Zoo on 7th September, 1936. Since then none have been captured or even accurately seen and detailed. And people have searched and searched and searched. I'm sure it's not that elusive. There would have had to be enough of them to continue on a species which means, i'd say, at least 15-20 and with those numbers it shouldn't be too hard to find proof, which there is none.
Thylacine was declared extinct by international standards in 1986, which was 50 years without seeing a single animal.
Here is a list of searches and sightings since the animals extinction:
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1937 - Seargent Summers leads a search in the north-west of he state, recording many recent sightings by other persons in a large area between the Arthur and Pieman Rivers, although the party itself did not see any thylacines. He recommends a sanctuary in that area.
1945 - Well-known naturalist David Fleay searches the Jane River to Lake St Clair area, finding possible thylacine footprints.
1959 - Eric Guiler leads a search in the far north-west, an area which produced many bounties and finds what appeared to be thylacine footprints.
1963 - Eric Guiler leads a search in the Sandy Cape area but finds no evidence.
1968 - Jeremy Griffiths, James Malley and Bob Brown embark on a major search. Although they collect reports of sightings, they find no evidence of the thylacine.
1980 - Parks and Wildlife Officers, Steven Smith and Adrian Pyrke, search a wide area of the State using three automatic cameras. No evidence of thylacines is found.
1982-83 - Parks and Wildlife Officer, Nick Mooney, undertakes an extensive but unsuccessful search to confirm the 1982 sighting reported by Hans Naarding near the Arthur River in the State's north-west.
1984 - A search in Tasmania's highlands by Tasmanian Wildlife Park owner, Peter Wright, fails to turn up conclusive evidence.
1988-93 - Separate photographic searches by wildlife photographer, Dave Watts and Ned Terry fail to record a thylacine.
1945 - Well-known naturalist David Fleay searches the Jane River to Lake St Clair area, finding possible thylacine footprints.
1959 - Eric Guiler leads a search in the far north-west, an area which produced many bounties and finds what appeared to be thylacine footprints.
1963 - Eric Guiler leads a search in the Sandy Cape area but finds no evidence.
1968 - Jeremy Griffiths, James Malley and Bob Brown embark on a major search. Although they collect reports of sightings, they find no evidence of the thylacine.
1980 - Parks and Wildlife Officers, Steven Smith and Adrian Pyrke, search a wide area of the State using three automatic cameras. No evidence of thylacines is found.
1982-83 - Parks and Wildlife Officer, Nick Mooney, undertakes an extensive but unsuccessful search to confirm the 1982 sighting reported by Hans Naarding near the Arthur River in the State's north-west.
1984 - A search in Tasmania's highlands by Tasmanian Wildlife Park owner, Peter Wright, fails to turn up conclusive evidence.
1988-93 - Separate photographic searches by wildlife photographer, Dave Watts and Ned Terry fail to record a thylacine.
Failed and unsucessful are both strong words there as you can see. I don't believe it exists anymore personally, there's just too much evidence piling up against it.
My source: Please see this site for further information.
http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebP...HAN-53777B?open
For a relatively small island, Tasmania has huge national parks, and a lot of inaccessable bushland. The Tasmanian Tiger could possibly have survived out there somewhere.
poor animal... 
Nah. Wishful thinking. Most sightings are probably just wild dogs and Dingo's.
Tasmania, while heavily forested, is a small place...a family of Thylacines wouldn't go undiscovered. However, a smaller creature would.
Tasmania, while heavily forested, is a small place...a family of Thylacines wouldn't go undiscovered. However, a smaller creature would.
I'm hoping they're still around. They're beautiful creatures who could be lurking in the remote forests of Tasmania, or even elsewhere. It's been speculated that some were still in captivity, when the last one died in the zoo.
Didn't we just have another one of these threads? I'm sure I posted some stuff including a factsheet that I wrote for university in there.
*scrolls down a couple of days ago to check*
Yep.. It's under the title 'THYLACINES' (not my capitals)
Can we smoosh the two threads together somehow? Otherwise it makes for a lot of painful duplication.
*scrolls down a couple of days ago to check*
Yep.. It's under the title 'THYLACINES' (not my capitals)
Can we smoosh the two threads together somehow? Otherwise it makes for a lot of painful duplication.
I think there are probaly a few left hiding somewhere. Ferla dogs are very rare in tasmania and i am pretty sure there are no dingos.
Jeez, if it was found, there would be NO revelation whatsoever!
Just smiling people.
Just smiling people.
My Father saw a Thylacine on Reed Highway, in the hills near Perth, Western Australia. I was in the car at the time, along with the other members of the family but missed it. Both my two sisters, my father and my Mother each saw the animal simultaneously. They all describe it as appearing exactly like the Thylacine seen in the film of the said 'last known species'. Reports of the Thylacine are very common in this area.
I can't understand why people are so ignorant to the idea that this breed of animal may still exist. Many animals such as New Zealand's Kakapo, (a large, flightless, green-feathered bird) are rediscovered after being officially classified as 'extinct'
Why then, when a common breed of marsupial is hunted and thus becomes rare, and the last in captivity dies, do people assume this to represent a country-wide extinction? It shouldn't be a surprise that the Thylacine couldn't be found in the wild after fifty years. Wouldn't the last remaining animals survive on a natural instinct to hide?
I can't understand why people are so ignorant to the idea that this breed of animal may still exist. Many animals such as New Zealand's Kakapo, (a large, flightless, green-feathered bird) are rediscovered after being officially classified as 'extinct'
Why then, when a common breed of marsupial is hunted and thus becomes rare, and the last in captivity dies, do people assume this to represent a country-wide extinction? It shouldn't be a surprise that the Thylacine couldn't be found in the wild after fifty years. Wouldn't the last remaining animals survive on a natural instinct to hide?
Yes, at least that is what I believe even the dinosaurs have survived.
ive read about the tazmainian tiger before, and there have been numerous tb speicals on this animal. many people have reported sightings of this creature... but the way i look at it, this animal can resemble alot of normal animals..at first glance it could be a ordinary dog. but i myself do not believe this creature is extinct. to many places in this world where they could survive and not be seen. i think the orginal way they became "extinct" was the over hunting of the animal..furr purposes. but the tazmainian tiger to me, stil exist.
It could still exist. Australia is a bloddy big place. Hard to doubt, I have lived a fair portion of my life in the outback, and still have never even seen a Bilby ! Most people I know have never even seen a dingoe in the wild.
Tasmania is a small place, however, small in comparison to the mainland. To say that it could not exist there undiscovered is a pretty big claim.
The cougar was officially declared extinct in its traditional natural habitat, the forests of eastern North America, in 1938.
They were found though, through mating prctises of all things. Here is a good read on the story http://farshores.org/abcca2.htm
Fair enough, they always claim sex sells....
Tasmania is a small place, however, small in comparison to the mainland. To say that it could not exist there undiscovered is a pretty big claim.
The cougar was officially declared extinct in its traditional natural habitat, the forests of eastern North America, in 1938.
They were found though, through mating prctises of all things. Here is a good read on the story http://farshores.org/abcca2.htm
Fair enough, they always claim sex sells....
did it happen to look like this? 
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