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| Thylacine continued existence; Are you a believer? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 17 2012, 03:42 AM (7,270 Views) | |
| Sicilianu | Sep 17 2012, 03:42 AM Post #1 |
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Since I was a child, I have hoped that the thylacine still existed in the inhospitable regions of mainland Australia and Tasmania. Unfortunately, as I age, I think it is more and more unlikely that a relatively large mammal could still exist in a large enough population to evade detection in a modern, Western country. Still, I hope that it is possible. Many of you may have seen this video: This was taken in 1973, almost forty years since the last confirmed live thylacine. The curator of the online Thylacine museum did some much better digital enhancement of the video: http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/history/extvssurv/mainland/possible_thylacine_1973.htm (it cannot be embedded so you have to go to the site. After watching all the videos of thylacines currently available, I am quite sure this was a thylacine. It was not a dingo, and its legs were to long to be a fox. It would be wonderful if this wasn't an almost 40 year old video. The thylacines that may have survived post 1930's are probably extinct due to small population sizes. What do you think of the video? What do you think about the continued existence of the thylacine? |
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| FireCrown | Sep 17 2012, 03:50 AM Post #2 |
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but that's 1973 |
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| Sicilianu | Sep 17 2012, 04:00 AM Post #3 |
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Clearly. The questions are whether the video is of a thylacine and therefore thylacines survived at least until the 70's, or whether thylacines could still survive in remote areas of Australia. |
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| simpyd | Sep 17 2012, 11:29 AM Post #4 |
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First time I have seen this video. Its does look pretty good, I so hope it's true and these animals still roam.. Great thread.. |
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| Pict | Sep 24 2012, 04:36 AM Post #5 |
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Great video Sicilianu! Although sighthounds have long tails and maybe because of the bad quality the creature appears to have floppy ears (or long enough to flop when it runs), it really looks like a Tasmanian Tiger. Have you guys seen "The Hunter"? |
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| Creeper | Sep 24 2012, 07:56 AM Post #6 |
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I hadnt heard of this movie, looks good. It has some quality actors in it so Im surprised. |
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| Sicilianu | Sep 24 2012, 08:06 AM Post #7 |
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I will have to check out the movie. Seems to be based loosely on Tigerman: http://www.naturalworlds.org/tigerbook/ ---> great read by the way As to the video, the way the tail comes off the body is bizarre and not sighthound like at all. Sighthounds curl the tail when running. It does not just stick out and down. The way it runs is also not like a sighthound, an animal bred for speed. There would have been a more elegant run, instead of the hopping movements you see at times in the sequence. The animal also seems to go plantigrade on the back feet a little as well at some point. Edited by Sicilianu, Sep 24 2012, 08:07 AM.
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| Superpredator | Sep 24 2012, 08:11 AM Post #8 |
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I really hope it's true. Would be magnificent to see a real Thylacine. |
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| Rashido | Sep 24 2012, 08:27 AM Post #9 |
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It would be amazing to see a thylacine... Even if it is a pipe dream it is my dream to one day after college go searching for the thylacine. |
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| Sicilianu | Sep 24 2012, 08:36 AM Post #10 |
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I'd love to go searching for one myself - one of my "if I win the lottery, I will..." type dream |
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| Godzillasaurus | Sep 24 2012, 10:22 AM Post #11 |
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It's possible that they still live among us. However, like most cryptid videos, the footage is rather short and has poor quality. I know it was shot in 73, but it really did look like a regular wild dog like a dingo or a dhole. |
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| Sicilianu | Sep 24 2012, 10:55 AM Post #12 |
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I think it is a pretty good video all things considered. It looks to be at max zoom, so you lose clarity, but most of the diagnostic features are there. Not bad for the 70's. |
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| Tyrant | Sep 24 2012, 12:40 PM Post #13 |
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Even if they still existed the remaining survivors would probably have become inbred by now, in my opinion its a waste of time to look for a living thylacine or any non aquatic animal that is believed to have gone extinct.
Edited by Tyrant, Sep 24 2012, 12:41 PM.
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| k9boy | Sep 24 2012, 06:36 PM Post #14 |
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It would be awesome if they still existed...but sadly I don't think they do. We would have found out by now. |
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| Fishfreak | Sep 24 2012, 06:50 PM Post #15 |
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recent footprints have been found, but like bigfoot footprints, it's not enough evidence. lots of reports around australia and tasmania supports that are still living tigers out there, whether it's true i don't know. |
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