Still Waters Posted March 24, 2014 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2014 TASMANIAN tiger hunter Mike Williams is confident evidence of a living thylacine will emerge sooner rather than later because of the growing popularity of crash cameras in cars. Mr Williams, who led an international team of naturalists searching for the thylacine last year, has urged Tasmanian motorists to invest in the technology. http://www.themercur...1-1226862706392 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted March 24, 2014 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I really hope they find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino666 Posted March 24, 2014 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2014 So do I, but the chances are VERY remote, but never say never! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesareskykittens Posted March 24, 2014 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2014 It would be miraculous if the thylacine managed to survive, they were an amazing species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted March 24, 2014 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Perhaps, but the odds are against it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted March 24, 2014 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2014 So THIS is why Tony Abbott is cutting down all the old growth forests, to drive the Tassie Tigers out into the open. It all makes sense now, I just thought it was because he was a merchant banker who was at the beck and call of the Industrialist Lobbies. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldethyl Posted March 24, 2014 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thylacine sounds like a drug. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted March 24, 2014 #8 Share Posted March 24, 2014 It would seem to me a trail camera with a bait trap would be more likely to catch a thylacine. Still, it is worth a try if people will send in pics of what they almost run over.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted March 25, 2014 #9 Share Posted March 25, 2014 It would be neat to find one, but not by running one down with a car. What if it were the last the thylacine... "Look, we found the thylacine, and forced it into extinction again!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Raven Posted March 25, 2014 #10 Share Posted March 25, 2014 "Look, we found the thylacine, and forced it into extinction again!" Which begs the question, was it really extinct the first time then To be fair though, if that was the last one it was already doomed to begin with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted March 25, 2014 #11 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I fear of the irony that a crash camera will record either the car itself or an incoming car hitting a Thylacine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted March 25, 2014 #12 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Which begs the question, was it really extinct the first time then It is listed as extinct, isn't it? That means it's extinct, doesn't it? Edited March 25, 2014 by Hida Akechi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted March 25, 2014 #13 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Which begs the question, was it really extinct the first time then It would be facinating if it weren't. If they are still being sighted 80 years after the last one was documented then there's obviously a large enough breeding population left. It's not as far fetched as, say a large, hairy bi-ped roaming around the pacific northwest, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_kenshin Posted March 26, 2014 #14 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) in some ways i hope even in the unlikely event their still alive they don't discover them as the species would quickly become under threat again either by tourists trying to take photos, illegal hunters etc. look what happened to our only "native" pygmy hippo killed by mistaken identity such a thing could easily happen to a Tasmanian tiger. http://www.theage.co...91116-ii3b.html Edited March 26, 2014 by evil_kenshin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted March 27, 2014 #15 Share Posted March 27, 2014 It would be nice to have a domesticated one and watch people's eyes pop out of their heads when I take it for a walk through the park. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted March 27, 2014 #16 Share Posted March 27, 2014 in some ways i hope even in the unlikely event their still alive they don't discover them as the species would quickly become under threat again either by tourists trying to take photos, illegal hunters etc. look what happened to our only "native" pygmy hippo killed by mistaken identity such a thing could easily happen to a Tasmanian tiger. http://www.theage.co...91116-ii3b.html Not me. I want to see one. I find them fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis914 Posted March 27, 2014 #17 Share Posted March 27, 2014 It would be nice to have a domesticated one and watch people's eyes pop out of their heads when I take it for a walk through the park. Especially when it yawns. Have you seen that maw on it? Geez, that would scare anyone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted March 27, 2014 #18 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Especially when it yawns. Have you seen that maw on it? Geez, that would scare anyone! Excactly....It would make the meanest Pitbull run away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted April 2, 2014 #19 Share Posted April 2, 2014 It would be nice to have a domesticated one and watch people's eyes pop out of their heads when I take it for a walk through the park. Bearing in mind that a practical definition of 'domesticated' is 'Housebroken, and knows not to eat the baby'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea-dove Posted April 4, 2014 #20 Share Posted April 4, 2014 TASMANIAN tiger hunter Mike Williams is confident evidence of a living thylacine will emerge sooner rather than later because of the growing popularity of crash cameras in cars. Id think if they were hanging out by roads, a car would of hit one by now and that animal stands out so much that a car hit would of been reported. Maybe could exist still if they are very shy (thou I very much doubt they still exist). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted April 4, 2014 #21 Share Posted April 4, 2014 It would be facinating if it weren't. If they are still being sighted 80 years after the last one was documented then there's obviously a large enough breeding population left. It's not as far fetched as, say a large, hairy bi-ped roaming around the pacific northwest, I suppose. While I agree it would be fascinating if the Thylacine had survived, I would put most (if not all) those sitings down to a triumph of optimism over good observation skills. I pointed out on another thread discussing the animal that the amount of wilderness left in Tasmania is unlikely to be large enough to support a viable population of Thylacines. It may well be that there were still a small number of them left in the wild after the last one in captivity died, but in that case the wild population is unlikely to have survived more than a decade or so after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted April 6, 2014 #22 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Don't overlook the possibility of Thylacines in New Guinea: there's a lot of not-well-settled territory there. http://malcolmscryptids.blogspot.com/2011/10/thylacines-in-indonesian-new-guinea.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojohand Posted April 8, 2014 #23 Share Posted April 8, 2014 OMG!! They just managed to come back in time to go extinct from global warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilliman Posted April 8, 2014 #24 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I would not be surprise if the species never did go extinct. We think we have the world mapped out but there are still places we have not explored. I wouldn't rule anything out of the realm of possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted April 8, 2014 #25 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I would not be surprise if the species never did go extinct. We think we have the world mapped out but there are still places we have not explored. I wouldn't rule anything out of the realm of possibility. I think it would be OK to rule some things out. Like bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster and Chupacabre. Thylacine existance is still possible though. Not likely, but possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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