Timothy Posted May 7, 2014 #1 Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) 'THE cameraman who took the famous footage of the last captive Tasmanian tiger was bitten on the buttocks while filming. ' Read on here: http://www.news.com....9-1226909234177 I do like some of the comments towards the end of the article from the curator, David Maynard, relating to why he believes the animal is extinct: They were slow-growing, producing few young, and the last wild tiger was killed in 1930. "At best they lived in the wild until 1950," Mr Maynard said. "The last one probably died in the wild alone and unknown. "The road kill in Tasmania is exceptional - 293,000 animals a year - and not one of them in the last 50 years has been a thylacine." Personally, I believe they are extinct. The CFZ expedition late 2013 also failed to turn up anything besides anecdotal evidence. UM Thread here: http://www.unexplain....an tiger&st=15 And also there's this thread from 25th March '14 relating to a hunter who believes the growing popularity of dash cams will result in a sighting: http://www.unexplain....ian tiger&st=0 Zero out of 293,000 roadkill cases in Tasmania doesn't really support that. Foxes get killed on mainland Australia all the time and there's a lot more room to move here. Or is there a saying I'm not aware of for thylacines which trumps 'sly as a fox'? Edit: Please post in those threads if discussing those topics - I don't want to hijack them! Edited May 7, 2014 by Timonthy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oppono Astos Posted May 7, 2014 #2 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Oh why wasn't his name Claude Bottom... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted May 9, 2014 #3 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hm... Benjamin Bitten... wasn't he a British composer back in the day? I imagine that by 1950 the cameraman was dining out fairly often on that story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldera Posted May 11, 2014 #4 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Is it just me who thinks this story suggests that it was the buttock biting that caused the thylacine's death? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted May 11, 2014 #5 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'd like to make a tongue-in-cheek joke, but this was more of a tooth-in-cheek event. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted May 11, 2014 #6 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Were this a film, then he'd have mutated into a were-thylacine and gone on a rampage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisperer Posted May 11, 2014 #7 Share Posted May 11, 2014 ..butt biting fever strikes from behind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted May 12, 2014 #8 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Were this a film, then he'd have mutated into a were-thylacine and gone on a rampage. Like in Howling III? http://en.wikipedia....iki/Howling_III The Australian werewolves have evolved separate from the rest of the werewolf population. They are marsupials - the female werewolves give birth to partly developed young which then makes its way to a pouch. The final shot shows a picture of a thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, a marsupial carnivore which was hunted to extinction by Australian farmers to protect their sheep. It was the inspiration for the film. Edited May 12, 2014 by DieChecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted May 12, 2014 #9 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I guess if you're going to go extinct, go out with a bang and try to take one of your tormentors with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave From Down Under Posted May 13, 2014 #10 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Please get your facts right - the thylacine is definitely NOT extinct . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted May 13, 2014 #11 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Please get your facts right - the thylacine is definitely NOT extinct . . . ?? Which facts are wrong? On what basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted May 16, 2014 #12 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Please get your facts right - the thylacine is definitely NOT extinct . . . Your bark needs some bite. Pun intended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesareskykittens Posted May 17, 2014 #13 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Can't say I blame the thylacine, it was living it horrid conditions, I'd bite someone to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizzPuff Posted May 17, 2014 #14 Share Posted May 17, 2014 *snickers*buttocks. That's an interesting looking animal, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted May 17, 2014 Author #15 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Please get your facts right - the thylacine is definitely NOT extinct . . . Hi Dave, are you in Tasmania or mainland? It would be pretty amazing if they were still alive, can you please give a little more information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Puzzler Posted July 10, 2014 #16 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Wilf Batty with the last thylacine that was killed in the wild. He looks very proud of himself. Idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 10, 2014 #17 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Wilf Batty with the last thylacine that was killed in the wild. He looks very proud of himself. Idiot. I don't know that he was an idiot. If they were known to kill livestock then you cannot blame him for ridding his property of it. I get raccoons that kill my chicken that I catch in a cage and kill (drown actually). I don't know for certain that the raccoon is endangered, but I have to kill it anyway. Of course if I knew the raccoon was endangered then I would not put it down. If this guy knew it was the last Thylacine and killed it, then he is an idiot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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