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I think it more the description of the tail that sets this apart a bit perhaps? I am reminded of the McCalister video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqdFFkabyZk I don't know if that tail could be deemed to be a foxes but the consensus seemed to think it was a fox.Mike Williams wrote:I hope they are not just looking at a fox with odd mange...but at this stage..with nothing else..I would bet on it..
There have been reports of melanistic foxes in Victoria and they were being called "panthers".
And we have been sent fox/vixen vocalisations as an example of "panthers" over the years..
Foxes..what a nightmare..in more ways than one..
Perhaps..I think it more the description of the tail that sets this apart a bit perhaps?
Murray is a really nice guy and he has put a hell of a lot of time into his work.I am reminded of the McCalister video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqdFFkabyZk I don't know if that tail could be deemed to be a foxes but the consensus seemed to think it was a fox.
Mike Williams wrote:Perhaps..I think it more the description of the tail that sets this apart a bit perhaps?
And I hope it is a thylacine.. !!
But..the description of the tail made me automatically think fox.
See attached photo..
Murray is a really nice guy and he has put a hell of a lot of time into his work.
I sat next to him as he went through all his tapes...
To my untrained eye..they all look like footage of foxes..to trained eyes..they looked like foxes.
And if they were thylacines in that area..there would be footprints from there..
There is none that I am aware of and Murray had no prints that looked really interesting.
AustralopithecineOz wrote:Mike Williams wrote:Perhaps..I think it more the description of the tail that sets this apart a bit perhaps?
And I hope it is a thylacine.. !!
But..the description of the tail made me automatically think fox.
See attached photo..
Murray is a really nice guy and he has put a hell of a lot of time into his work.
I sat next to him as he went through all his tapes...
To my untrained eye..they all look like footage of foxes..to trained eyes..they looked like foxes.
And if they were thylacines in that area..there would be footprints from there..
There is none that I am aware of and Murray had no prints that looked really interesting.
Probably just my wishful thinking Mike. I remember reading of a report of the release of breeding pairs of Thylacines at Wilson's Promotory Vic circa 1910 and have always thought it possible that some survived in the ranges. Anyway I never found the reference again (I searched) and it could have been unfactual. Like I said just wishful thinking on my part. Dave
Thanks for the welcome Jeffa much appreciated.jeffa wrote:
Welcome to the site Austral,
Found this page regarding info of the Tiger also mentions about the release on the mainland.
http://stevechallis.net/Thylacine.php
Cheers
True, but dont rule it out.AustralopithecineOz wrote:Thanks for the welcome Jeffa much appreciated.jeffa wrote:
Welcome to the site Austral,
Found this page regarding info of the Tiger also mentions about the release on the mainland.
http://stevechallis.net/Thylacine.php
Cheers
And thanks for the link. So there were 'plans' to release Thylacines at Wilson's but no actual record of it actually occurring.
Damned shame really... Cheers Dave
If I remember rightly the account I read went as far as to name the group as the 'Thylacine Preservation Society'. How very Victorian... I agree historically they wouldn't have gotten much support from the community. But if this society existed they do sound like a very progressive group for their time. I reckon there could be a high chance of a bit of Hush Hush. Perhaps the mission was accomplished in secrecy without fear or retribution from the mainlanders or I would imagine even prosecution. And Wilsons would be direct access in those days into the great dividing range. Anyway nobody seems to have recorded it if it indeed happened at all. I suppose we can simply hope so.jeffa wrote:True, but dont rule it out.AustralopithecineOz wrote:Thanks for the welcome Jeffa much appreciated.jeffa wrote:
Welcome to the site Austral,
Found this page regarding info of the Tiger also mentions about the release on the mainland.
http://stevechallis.net/Thylacine.php
Cheers
And thanks for the link. So there were 'plans' to release Thylacines at Wilson's but no actual record of it actually occurring.
Damned shame really... Cheers Dave
Imagine the stir of panic that would eventuate if the general local public got hold of the possible release of an animal that was a threat to livestock and animals.
Back then these misunderstood animals were a pest and a potentially dangerous animal to the majority of the population.
I would like to believe that they were released in a hush hush way. His last comment under sightings could be on the money, who knows?