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2017-04-04 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Tasmanian Tiger sightings are piling up in Australia-carnivorous kangaroos

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Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The problem is there are a lot of feral dogs in Australia from numerous breeds and some may look like Tas tigers.

These reports are from the mainland, not Tasmania, where the Tigers were supposed to have died out after the arrival of the dingo, 40,000 years ago.

There was a recent sighting on the outskirts of Perth. I thought at the time that the widespread poisoning of feral predators (foxes, cats, dogs) would have given them a ready supply of food (marsuptials are immune to the poison used), and allowed a residual population to expand outwards.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-04 01:10|| 2017-04-04 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 A million poisoned baits a year are dropped by air over the southwest of Western Australia. So my theory that they are creating a food supply for Thylacines is not that implausible.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-04 01:29|| 2017-04-04 01:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Gaia is way more robust then enviros think.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-04 02:32|| 2017-04-04 02:32|| Front Page Top

#4 No mention of just who the "scientists in Queensland" are, but I'll bet it's Gary Opit, who has seen thylacines behind every bush at least since I met him back in the late 80's.
They're all dead, Jim.

Posted by Grunter 2017-04-04 09:57|| 2017-04-04 09:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Are they sure it's not a chupacabra?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-04-04 12:25|| 2017-04-04 12:25|| Front Page Top

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