UM-Bot Posted March 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Being extinct hasn't stopped the elusive Tasmanian tiger from making an appearance every once in a while. One of the best known examples of a species that was driven to extinction by human hunting, these striped carnivorous marsupials have been the subject of numerous unconfirmed sightings over the years. Read More: http://www.unexplain...an-coastal-town 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted March 29, 2016 #2 Share Posted March 29, 2016 What a shame he hasn't got a dashcam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted March 29, 2016 #3 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Maybe there are a few of them in hiding. If you were hunted, you'd hide too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted March 29, 2016 #4 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) I hope this is true. To bad he wasn't able to get a picture of it. They need to set up some camera traps in the area it was seen. Edited March 29, 2016 by GreenmansGod 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted March 29, 2016 #5 Share Posted March 29, 2016 There have been a number of such sightings over the years on the mainland, but it is pretty unlikely to say the least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted March 29, 2016 #6 Share Posted March 29, 2016 They should sent William Dafoe there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted March 29, 2016 #7 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Sure it wasn't a Dingo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted March 29, 2016 #8 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I have read about so many sightings of these animals over the last decade that I have doubts they are extinct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNYC Posted March 29, 2016 #9 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I hope this is true and that they are not extinct. It would be wonderful. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBeliever Posted March 29, 2016 #10 Share Posted March 29, 2016 It might still be around, or not. Cos it just looks like a common dog.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayven Posted March 29, 2016 #11 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I heard that on the News about a year or two ago... At first we thought it might be a Dingo, but then there were reports that Kangeroo's heads were being ripped off (which is what that does). It being extinct over 60 years ago might mean it never was extinct. Maybe there was a couple left, and now there are more coming back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted March 30, 2016 #12 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Blurry photos: check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawdo Posted March 30, 2016 #13 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The very fact he didn't capture it on camera in this day and age, refutes it entirely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted March 30, 2016 #14 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The very fact he didn't capture it on camera in this day and age, refutes it entirely Hardly, but without it, it is nothing more than talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecks Posted March 30, 2016 #15 Share Posted March 30, 2016 If they found one they could just clone the bloody thing nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted March 30, 2016 #16 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The very fact he didn't capture it on camera in this day and age, refutes it entirely Not at all. He was driving. I see cool things while driving all the time. I never have my camera ready though. Now if he said it was in his back yard for a bit, a pic should have been taken. I still hold out some hope of this animal still being around. Very little hope because history shows us that it wasn't very shy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted March 30, 2016 #17 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Well I hope it lives. Even though I'm not an Aussie, I've always felt badly for this animal, driving to extinction and then allowing the last one in a zoo to die of exposure. A real testament to man's poor treatment of nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atuke Posted March 30, 2016 #18 Share Posted March 30, 2016 This doesn't surprise me, although the location does. Maybe these are the descendants of the few dozen Thylacine that Neo-conservationists secured decades ago before the last died in a zoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted March 31, 2016 #19 Share Posted March 31, 2016 A tiger sighting on Tasmania is improbable, but possible. But on the Australian mainland where they went extinct over two thousand years ago? That's just wishful thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted March 31, 2016 #20 Share Posted March 31, 2016 This doesn't surprise me, although the location does. Maybe these are the descendants of the few dozen Thylacine that Neo-conservationists secured decades ago before the last died in a zoo. That is highly unlikely but I like the sentiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chibadiba Posted April 1, 2016 #21 Share Posted April 1, 2016 If they found one they could just clone the bloody thing nowadays We already have it's DNA. It's just down to how to repopulate them. Clone them or artificially inseminating a close relative and have a hybrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 1, 2016 #22 Share Posted April 1, 2016 There have been a number of such sightings. I do hope it is not just a dingo that's bred with some brindle coat dog.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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