Tasmanian tiger/ Thylacine not extinct?

Laverda SF

Laverda SF

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It's a Marsupial?

What a truly strange Dog or Cat ! - But not near the prowess or size of a Canadian or Siberian Timber Wolf.
 
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As a Northern Canadian there's nothing I want more for a friend in the bush then a Timber Wolf while carrying a Lee Enfield, a P35, 30-30 or an Browning A5. Of course I would shoot the occasional Partridge, Duck and a Deer or 2 in my Life.

I killed hundreds of Ground Hogs with a Cooyie 22Lr Semi while working on my Uncles Sheep Farm in Southern Ontario and probable a 100 Ducks with my Browning 16 A5 Guage Acier Special. The only reason I had access to guns because my Dad was a WWII RCAF Warrant Officer and he the Blue Eyes of a Hawk and could shoot a rifle and a Deep Seal Diver - Lots of stories there - I was Born in 48 - A real Baby Boomer.

Best to be armed in the bush as Wildlife Predators sense you have NO FEAR and they are curious providing you NEVER shoot at them and lean to Rabbit hunt with Wolves.

Believe me, I had a Pack of Wolves surround me on top of a mountain in the Cambrian shield in Mid March while roasting rabbits, which Wolves gave me for being part of the hunt, carrying a Browning 9MM P35 Parabellum or Torkarev 762x25 pistol which I have never had to use to kill wildlife.

There is really something wrong with understanding Gun Violence - Particularly in our in our Cities.

Just wish their was a better solution to keeping Americans Guns out of the hands of Youths in Canadian Cities rather then restricting gun ownership for Northern Canadians !

Granted if you own a gun you have to able to practice, be proficient and be safe with them by LAW.

Have you ever had a Fox, Wolf, Bear or a Moose as friend in the bush, I have. I do NOT like Water Mogassins, Copper Heads, Rattle Snakes or Snapping Turtles ;o)

Why can't I NOT LEGALLY carry a 30 Cal Pistol in the Northern Canadian Bush where as it seems every Gang Member in our Canadian Cities DO carry ILLEGALLY ?
 
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Laverda SF said:
It's a Marsupial?

What a truly strange Dog or Cat ! - But not near the prowess or size of a Canadian or Siberian Timber Wolf.
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Yes, it's a marsupial.

Totally unrelated to dogs, cats, wolves, bears, or any other placental mammal. Its closest relative is the Tasmanian Devil, another marsupial carnivore. The reason it looks similar to a dog is because it fills a similar ecological niche in Tasmania that wolves do in the northern hemisphere. It's a case of parallel evolution.

Occasionally someone will report catching a glimpse of a thylacine in the bush, but there hasn't been a confirmed sighting or photographic evidence for decades. I don't think they've officially been declared as extinct, but I reckon it would be a miracle if a pocket of them has manage to survive somewhere. Tasmania has a lot of unmolested wilderness and thick, almost impenetrable bush, so I guess there's a remote possibility that they're still out there.

I often used to venture into the Tassie wilderness when I was younger, sometimes bashing through the bush for up to 10 days at a time so I got to some pretty remote and spectacular areas. Sometimes I'd re-emerge looking like Robinson Crusoe with my clothes all torn to shreds from the bush. Never saw a thylacine on any of my bushwalking trips.

I never carried a gun though Ron. I don't kill things for sport, and self defence isn't necessary. The only Tasmanian animals that are likely to hurt you are venomous ones like snakes, spiders and ants (jack-jumper ant has a nasty sting that can cause anaphylaxis). The snakes aren't aggressive, and a gun isn't much defence against a spider or ant crawling into your sleeping bag.

Cheers,
Cam
 
Dellorttoman: Only saying a gun makes you not a prey in the eye's of a predator but rather a friend with the hunter.

Why - Because carrying a firearm you do not smell of fear or prey where you do not intent to harm. Wildlife sense this - It's Basic Instinct.

AS a human we do not have much defense against our animal predators other then our brain and guns.
 
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You do have to watch out for Canabalistic escaped convicts, but it's been a while since that happened. Something Tassie and one place in the USA had in common.
 
As said I've always carried a gun in the Canadian North but have never had to use it for self defense - Does this tell you something; other then, I have enjoyed being closer to Wildlife than I could ever be if I did not have a gun - If you don't fear they don't smell it and DO NOT shoot them.

Believe me Canadian Wildlife is BIG. It's making me VERY SAD as with human invasion they have NO WHERE to GO.
 
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Haha. Don't tar us all with the same brush Vince. The last confirmed cannibal in Tassie was Alexander Pearce, but he was an Irishman. His story makes interesting, if gruesome reading.
 
There's a half decent film about a thylacine searcher. Interesting ending. And a wild Oz film about some convicts who escape in 1800 or some time and cross the wilds of Tassie going slowly crackers ... with a bit of cannibalism thrown in.
 
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There's a half decent film about a thylacine searcher. Interesting ending. And a wild Oz film about some convicts who escape in 1800 or some time and cross the wilds of Tassie going slowly crackers ... with a bit of cannibalism thrown in.
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ah, that ties in with this song by one of 2 Australian bands I'd really love to have seen live

 
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