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Hi all,

I posted some of my pics from the Bris Nth outing thread over at BFF and one of the fellow aussies had a tinker with one to give some size perspective.



It brought to mind an issue that bugs me occasionally. This particular site has a fair food supply, certainly enough to support me and a few others for a while, but I'm not sure about a few critters this size.

What a people's thoughts about food load and the level of activity required to keep the nutritional intake up to something this size?

Pixie, I'd be partic keen to hear your thoughts in light of your survey work and your sightings this year.

Cheers,
FG

Depends what he eats... if he could figure out how to catch fish he'd be ok... i'm just glad he wasn't standing there with me when this pic was taken lol... seriously though, if he was a herbivore, it would take a hell of a lot of plant matter to sustain the diet of a creature this size...

Hey nice pic Forestguy

How high is your friend in the photo….no, not the big hairy one…. The other one….roughly 6ft, that would make our friend Gigantopithecus about 12ft, I think they only grew to about ten or so could be wrong.

Anyway you raise some good point’s forestguy I would say they must sustain themselves very well as they are surviving out in the bush with no problems, as Dean alluded to a child in a previous thread.

As far as I know from the reports of sightings I have read they eat just about anything. How much they would need to eat to sustain themselves for months on end? that’s a hard question to answer. I would say they have an awesome metabolic rate which allows them to go days without food; water is probably the key though they would need plenty of that.

Maybe someone with a bit more knowledge can jump in on this one.

No question that they are most certainly omnivore, which means the easiest way to picture their diet, is to envision an aboriginal or other native living off the land.

Traditional foods eaten around the country by Indigenous people include: frogs, yams, honey and green ants, nectar, acacia gum, truffles, mistletoe, wallaby, kangaroo, grasses, pods, flowers, quandongs, goannas, bees, seeds, snakes, raisins, wild dogs, bandicoot, moths, toast with vegemite, bugs and grubs from beneath bark on tree’s and underground. Fruits, nuts and Vegetables. Water creatures that reside in creeks and streams. Bird eggs etc etc

They are well known to be seen in local garbage tips and sifting through bins in national parks. One was witnessed running across the highway near Byron swooping up a dog in one hand. Many are seen on interstate Highways on the side of the road with road kill. Shaking possums and koalas out of trees…..

At Mt Kembla we found a green ant mound with a part of the base scooped out and sticks put down the holes to bring the ants out, which we have all seen primates performing on Documentaries.

Ashley interrupted one hunting a kangaroo at Carey’s Rd Taree (like that SAB?), which resulted with it throwing rocks at Ash. That was interesting actually… Ashley walked down off a driveway into the thick bush. I was down in a creek checking for prints when he radioed info regarding a rock landing at his feet. I presumed he most likely kicked the rock and paid no mind.

Another radio patch follows stating he just had another rock land at his feet and requested we all return.

Our crew turned around from our positions and began to ‘casually’ mosey their way towards him. Next thing Ash is distressed demanding we get back RIGHT NOW!

Apparently another rock came at him and a huge black/grey Yowie came out from the lantana at the same time a Kangaroo shot off from close by the lantana. It seemed that The Yowie was stalking the Kangaroo and Ash was receiving rock requests to stay back and not scare it away.

The Kangaroo went into a cleared area, while the Yowie made off behind more lantana further up the hill. I have very good live footage of this entire event.

DMH

Yeah, I was working off the assumption that they'd be omnivorous. This site is part of a water catchment reserve, so there's plenty of water and the associated fauna and flora - ducks, turtles, mussels, etc - haven't come across the vegemite tree yet though.

We're currently researching small council tips in the local area, and as I've said before, the lack of local fauna is really noticeable.

Like I said, I'm confident I'd be able to scrounge up a feed for a while, but it must take a bit of tucker to keep something like that going.

Dean & others - how does that pic compare to your sightings sizewise?

Chewy - it's Anonimust in the pic so he can chime in with his height, I'm 180 cm and he's taller than me.

Cheers,
FG

"We're gona need a bigger boat!"

forestguy wrote: Dean & others - how does that pic compare to your sightings sizewise?

The fella I saw would have only been about 5ft high forestguy I would say an adolescent in yowie terms so I cant really comment on other peoples sightings, how high they get etc.

Didn't look anything like our friend Gigantopithecus I might add my avatar probably best describes the body shape

Yowie talking to forestguy...

"Da man i saw was diis big"

sorry couldnt resist

Although the Giant Quinkins of N.T. were said to be as large as the primate you have there, generally speaking, one the size of Barry here would be considered to be quite large. Normally between 7-8ft. (Notice the short legs and longer arms? It is very hairy as my example displays and they can also both perform high pitched screams. Disturbing just how close the similarities are that have provided).

All in all, this is quite a close size comparison.



DMH

Now that would be an orchestral ballad I wouldn’t mine hearing

Lol, now i'm not too sure i'd want to get that close to either of those animals... just for the record, i'm 6 foot.
-Anonimust

Yowielover1 wrote:"We're gona need a bigger boat!"

...the movie "Jaws" right???... lol!... that is funny Yowielover1!!!... and Dean...

Traditional foods eaten around the country by Indigenous people include: frogs, yams, honey and green ants, nectar, acacia gum, truffles, mistletoe, wallaby, kangaroo, grasses, pods, flowers, quandongs, goannas, bees, seeds, snakes, raisins, wild dogs, bandicoot, moths, toast with vegemite, bugs and grubs from beneath bark on tree’s and underground. Fruits, nuts and Vegetables. Water creatures that reside in creeks and streams. Bird eggs etc etc

...priceless!!!...lolol!!!... (see I WAS paying attention!)... (actually...vegemite spread on dry toast is my Koi Carp's favourite food!)...

...and not to mention...

...(Notice the short legs and longer arms? It is very hairy as my example displays and they can also both perform high pitched screams. Disturbing just how similarities I have provided)...

...now THAT is just as funny champ...well done!!!... Stickyfingers.

I was with the boys at spot, I don't remember seeing him standing next to the tree, anyway forestguy would probably make a good snack while we took off in the other direction bye bye....lol
The forestguy is right there is an exstreme lack wildlife even though there is a large food supply for roo's and wallabies, fresh water and cover, maybe a our 12ft friend ate us out house and home, we were told that wild dogs were responsible for the lack wildlife but there is no sign or spore for them also...
I have asked this question before with no response...But what if they consume humans on the odd occasion which may explain some disappearances in or near bush locations...any takers on this 1 or is a hot potatoe..hot hot or curry hot...

Two winners. My intensions were in fact to see who was paying attention - well spotted. However there was one aspect of my scientific graphic people failed to notice...... I over exaggerated the hair.

In regard to eating people? I don't know. I do know that they can, and have killed. The only reported attacks that people have lived to talk about pertain to the little 4ft variety. If the same situation happened with a larger one, the people are not here to tell of it. They are not all bad. As Chewy says, their personalities vary the same as animals and Humans.

DMH

Dean Harrison wrote:In regard to eating people? I don't know. I do know that they can, and have killed.

Can u please list some of these incidents, I recall one story somewhere onsite of a fatal encounter from near Mogo actually (good luck tony lol).
The aborigines definitely gave these guys wide berth, respecting their territory & you can take that sort of insight to the bank imo

btw... truffles?!

would love to see that live footage one day dean

Ha ha ha

Cheers Dean - yeah I like that very much

Didn`t have a clue in regards to the Taree encounter - although I remember reading about it not long after it happened in the Gold Coast Bulletin in 2000 and remember wondering as to where exactley had it occurred! That is useful as I`m originally from the Mid North Coast and have already spent some time around Taree! I will endeavour to have a look when I`m in that neck of the woods again. Don`t worry I`m not planning on stirring up any trouble in regards to trespass and such - just planning on driving around and having a look at the area!!

In regards to the Blue Mts one - already aware of that one - There was enough titbits of info from various sources plus a little investigative work on my behalf to find both that one and the other locale in that town. But since these areas involve residents I`m happy for them to remain under wraps!

Great comments as usual Dean - very informative and useful.

If I have any close encounters of the Yowie kind from any future trips I`ll let you know plus chuck them straight onto the forum.

Cheers
SAB

I think that you, Dean, should put your live footage up on this site plus give it 2 monster quest, it will give us inspiration and respect for u and that's what we all deserve instead of being pasted as loonies and laughed by small minded media and small minded scientists, it might also take the limelight off the USA and focus it on us for change and put us up there standing side by side with the USA instead of being second fiddle to them?????????
But the choice is yours and yours only for this decision, a little positive nudge every now and then never hurts anyone....

Apparently another rock came at him and a huge black/grey Yowie came out from the lantana at the same time a Kangaroo shot off from close by the lantana. It seemed that The Yowie was stalking the Kangaroo and Ash was receiving rock requests to stay back and not scare it away.

To me that is very interesting. It was treating Ash as an equal as such. As in "i've got my meal, sod off & find your own; no offence or anything, I can only really communicate by rock".

Has any other such activity like this been seen before?