Thylacine/tazmanian tiger
- Thread starter naich
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I've heard rumors that they still exist and this site talks about it...
http://tasmanian-tiger.com/
One more site...
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-3-16/39380.html
http://tasmanian-tiger.com/
One more site...
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-3-16/39380.html
Rocky
Established Member
Only knowledge I have of them was that they were hunted into extinction. Is there any actual evidence that they could still be alive? I don't mean sightings by some old man that is blind in his left eye and if he squints real hard he can see a little through his right, I mean actual evidence 
naich
New Member
well it all started about 85 years ago...the australian government put a bounty on the animals head...in 1933 i believe the government took charge, and stoped the killing. They ordered almost 800,000 traps around the island of tazmainia...and not one was found. tHE LAST ONE DOES IN THE MID 193O'S IN A ZOO. there is video of it on youtube. Multiply sitings have been seen.
the monsterquest crew investigated it because local farmers were reorting that their sheep were being killed...but the only pretatdoe that could do that was a tazmanian devils...so they captured a pack of the daevils near by and had them feed on a live sheep. It was a horrible blood bath and that carcuse was torn to shreds in a matter of minutes...this cant be right though...since the farmers reported that they sheep were bit in the throught and cleanly eaten...penatrating one spot of the ribs/stomach and eating...the exact oppsite of the way a devil hunts/eats. So that was the only answer...a possible tiger.
i believe that there are two or three left on the island, they will hopefully meet up and breed, but until then this is truly a mystery.
the monsterquest crew investigated it because local farmers were reorting that their sheep were being killed...but the only pretatdoe that could do that was a tazmanian devils...so they captured a pack of the daevils near by and had them feed on a live sheep. It was a horrible blood bath and that carcuse was torn to shreds in a matter of minutes...this cant be right though...since the farmers reported that they sheep were bit in the throught and cleanly eaten...penatrating one spot of the ribs/stomach and eating...the exact oppsite of the way a devil hunts/eats. So that was the only answer...a possible tiger.
i believe that there are two or three left on the island, they will hopefully meet up and breed, but until then this is truly a mystery.
Jakedn
New Member
It was not only the bounty placed on the Tasmanian Tiger that led to its extinction, rather it was a combination of things that ultimately killed them off. These things were the introduction of dogs creating competition for food, a disease spreading and killing the Tasmanian tigers, the loss of habitat caused by humans, and of course the bounty placed on the Tasmanian Tigers. The species may have been able to keep on living if it were only maybe one or two of these things, but when it was all added up it ultimately led to the demise of the species.
Also, even if there are still Tasmanian Tigers out there, there are not many of them and they are most likely closely related. So, even if by the slim chance they found each other and bred, they would probably give birth to an inbred baby. So, the survival of this species, even if there are some alive, is extremely low especially if you factor in that to avoid getting shut down, lumber companies in the area will try to kill them off if they are ever found or sighted.
There has also been attempts made to try and clone this species to try and undo the damage humans have caused the Tasmanian Tiger but the DNA they had collected was not good enough to successfully clone them with our technology. Maybe someday it will be, but it isn't quite yet.
Also, even if there are still Tasmanian Tigers out there, there are not many of them and they are most likely closely related. So, even if by the slim chance they found each other and bred, they would probably give birth to an inbred baby. So, the survival of this species, even if there are some alive, is extremely low especially if you factor in that to avoid getting shut down, lumber companies in the area will try to kill them off if they are ever found or sighted.
There has also been attempts made to try and clone this species to try and undo the damage humans have caused the Tasmanian Tiger but the DNA they had collected was not good enough to successfully clone them with our technology. Maybe someday it will be, but it isn't quite yet.
Zen Reptiles
Avid Member
I have faith in cloning, but it won't happen for another 5-10 years max.
I do think there could be a few TT's left on the island, I mean, they just
discovered TWO HUNDRED new species of amphibians on Madagascar,
in one field study. So if 200 species of frogs can be elusive, a Tasmanian tiger
can be even more elusive, with their sense of hearing they'd slip away before
we had a chance of seeing them.
It is possible they are extinct though, we've hunted a lot of things to extinction.
We even killed every last Tasmanian aboriginal. The Aboriginal bloodline from
Tasmania is extinct.
I'm glad we are finally smartening up as a civilization of Earth.
I do think there could be a few TT's left on the island, I mean, they just
discovered TWO HUNDRED new species of amphibians on Madagascar,
in one field study. So if 200 species of frogs can be elusive, a Tasmanian tiger
can be even more elusive, with their sense of hearing they'd slip away before
we had a chance of seeing them.
It is possible they are extinct though, we've hunted a lot of things to extinction.
We even killed every last Tasmanian aboriginal. The Aboriginal bloodline from
Tasmania is extinct.
I'm glad we are finally smartening up as a civilization of Earth.
naich
New Member
they were living in the mainland of austalia...but died out from there thousands of years ago due to food competion...the island of tazmania was the only place for them to live succesfully...so i highly dout steve saw one in the outback.
glad to see othr know beond the basics...thanks for sharing!
glad to see othr know beond the basics...thanks for sharing!
Rocky
Established Member
Well I think the only problem with their being a small amount of TT's is that the genetics would not be strong enough to support any population.
I believe they are having the same problem with wolves (may be jaguars but I don't think it is, my memory is seeming slow from my past enviromental conservation class) in Florida. They are having to bring in other similar species to strengthen the genes in the Florida Wolf population. I don't think that they could find a species similar to strengthen their gene pool
I believe they are having the same problem with wolves (may be jaguars but I don't think it is, my memory is seeming slow from my past enviromental conservation class) in Florida. They are having to bring in other similar species to strengthen the genes in the Florida Wolf population. I don't think that they could find a species similar to strengthen their gene pool
insert name here
New Member
I believe that the last tiger was supposed to have been killed in 1936, yet a scientist(whose name slips my mind) went out in 1946 convinced that they still existed. In one of his traps, there was blood every where and fur left on the trap as well.
Recent testing has compared the hair sample from the trap in 1946 and that of a know tiger and proved that the fur the scientist got in 1946 was in fact that of a thylacine. This proves that they still existed even after everyone though they were gone.
Recent testing has compared the hair sample from the trap in 1946 and that of a know tiger and proved that the fur the scientist got in 1946 was in fact that of a thylacine. This proves that they still existed even after everyone though they were gone.
