The Tassie Tiger

[Tannin]

^ Indeed. Although not in the least surprising. The loss of top-level predators is well understood. Most of Australia's mammal extinctions were a pretty direct consequence of the loss of top-line predators. (Not the Thylacine, not the Toolache Wallaby: they were both quite unusual insofar as they were directly wiped out by humans.) Most of the Australian mammals lost in the last 200 years, however, were a consequence of foxes (and to a lesser extent cats), both introduced mid-level predators. In areas where the one and only Australian top-line predator remained in reasonable numbers (i.e., north of the Dog Fence), mammal extinctions remained uncommon until the last couple of decades. (Dingos hate foxes. Wipe out the Dingos, the foxes run wild, and you lose species.)

In inland Australian deserts (NT, WA, far-north SA) most recent mammal extinctions took place in the second half of the 20th century, again after the loss of the primary top-line predator - in this case, humans, who walked of the land and into settlements and missions. Until about 1960 (very roughly) cat numbers in the deserts were very low because people hunted them. Pussy cat was good tucker and easy (!) to catch, they reckoned. Since then, many species have been lost.

[David]

Stick this in the pile with confirmed Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster sightings, I'd say.

[Tannin]

^ Correct. They all have something in common: they all "just happen" to be highly suggestive (to the ill-educated and/or credulous), they all get maximum air-time on low-quality media consumed by not-too-brights (such as the Herald=Sun), and they never, ever produce a photograph which stands up to proper scrutiny, let alone one tiny shred of hard evidence - and note that hard evidence (hair, scats, any body part or excretion such as saliva on a chewed bone) which contains DNA is easy to collect with (for example) sticky tape on a tree trunk that animals brush past... nothing. Ever.

[Skids]

[Skids]

And only a few months ago....

'Extinct' Mountain Dogs Rediscovered in the Wild

Unseen for more than 50 years, the New Guinea highland wild dog has at last been confirmed in its natural island habitat.


Hmmmm ... Tassie Tiger declared extinct just 3 decades ago. Don't waste your time looking for it, Tannin and David know there's none around.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... s-animals/

[Tannin]

And how many of the species you cite have had so much as 1/100th of the massive and sustained effort put into finding Thylacines?

None.

How many of your examples are as large and (relatively) easy to find as a Thylacine? One. (And that one in a wild and remote country inaccessible to all but the bravest and most determined scientists.)

[Wokko]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjQ3hA9mEA

[Skids]

Stick this in the pile with confirmed Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster sightings, I'd say.

The arrogance of this post made me laugh.

They're not suggesting to have found a unicorn or tooth fairy David.

[Skids]

[HAL]

Oops. Too much data.

[Tannin]

No chance whatever. Dream on. Not one of your examples is relevant to the most-searched-for and most-fantasised-about creature in Australia. They are just the same sort of throw-stuff-at-the-wall bullshit that you cut and paste into the climate threads.

[Tannin]

Meanwhile, as the Herald-Scum plays look-over-there games, the wholesale destruction continues:

https://theconversation.com/just-ten-mp ... ates-83500

[stui magpie]

And only a few months ago....

'Extinct' Mountain Dogs Rediscovered in the Wild

Unseen for more than 50 years, the New Guinea highland wild dog has at last been confirmed in its natural island habitat.


Hmmmm ... Tassie Tiger declared extinct just 3 decades ago. Don't waste your time looking for it, Tannin and David know there's none around.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... s-animals/

That dog looks a hell of a lot like a Dingo

[sixpoints]

[stui magpie]