Supposed thylacine footage from 1990's

[Marinelander]

YouTube - possible tasmanian tiger filmed in Australia

This is supposedly footage of a thylacine, or tasmanian tiger, taken in the late '90s by a spanish film crew. I wouldn't have posted it normally, being pretty doubtful about the animal's survival, but you've gotta admit this is pretty good footage. Most of the time, videos like this of extinct species seem to be always filmed in mysteriously low-focus parts of the world.

To me, you still can't see it well enough to tell whether or not it's a thylacine. If it's a canine it's a pretty mangy, skinny one. I also think the ears and head look like a tasmanian tiger. What do you guys think? Hyena, dog, thylacine ... what's your opinion?

 

[Chlidonias]

you might want to read this thread http://www.zoobeat.com/2/thylacine-living-zoo-8872/
It is definitely NOT a thylacine

 

[kiang]

But could this one be.......................................???????

Wildlife Extra News - Extinct Tasmanian tiger caught on video?

 

[jwer]

can't see the movie, but i think i've found it on Youtube in the end...

Can someone lend the guy 300 bucks that buys him a decent camery, one with more then 10 pixels? Looks like a canine, or canine-like animal, but who says it's not a dog or fox...

I don't think we'll find thylacines back again, but then again, if we can still find a new snub-nosed monkey...

 

[Chlidonias]

I just saw that video on mammalwatching.com yesterday. Its a fox, no question.

 

[Steve Robinson]

Definitely a fox.

On it's way to wreak more havoc on Tasmania's wildlife, no doubt.

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

I would like to think so ...., but what a sad sack???
Seriously, it is not a thylacine by a long shot! I was of the opinion Wildlife News would do better to verify its source. In this case we must concede a certain degree

 

[Chlidonias]

Definitely a fox.
On it's way to wreak more havoc on Tasmania's wildlife, no doubt.

took me a while to find the location, but it was filmed at the Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park

 

[Steve Robinson]

Well, that's good news.

Although there are w-a-y too many foxes in Tasmania.

 

[Zooplantman]

Can someone lend the guy 300 bucks that buys him a decent camery, one with more then 10 pixels?

No, extinct animals can only be filmed with a low res camera.

 

[Steve Robinson]

No, extinct animals can only be filmed with a low res camera.

As can "big cats" in urban areas!

 

[Baldur]

As can "big cats" in urban areas!

On urban big cats, have a look at this webpage for some samples of what the media has swallowed raw and unspiced in the past:

British Big Cats - British Big Cats Society, Prove and Protect, Big Cat Sightings, Official Website

Note in particular the photo of the 'black panther'! As says there, it fooled two national newspapers, can you believe it?

 

[Zooish]

But could this one be.......................................???????

Wildlife Extra News - Extinct Tasmanian tiger caught on video?

Whoa, no way! The Chupacabra has found its way to Tasmania too?!

 

[Pertinax]

Definitely a fox.

On it's way to wreak more havoc on Tasmania's wildlife, no doubt.

100% Fox. Not even one with mange this time... How come the guy wants to lose any credibility by maintaining this is Thylacine footage?

When did Foxes first arrive in Tasmania and how was it allowed to happen? I don't think they were (officially) present when I was there twenty years ago.

 

[Pertinax]

To me, you still can't see it well enough to tell whether or not it's a thylacine. If it's a canine it's a pretty mangy, skinny one. I also think the ears and head look like a tasmanian tiger. What do you guys think? Hyena, dog, thylacine ... what's your opinion?

This is probably the sharpest, clearest bit of supposed 'Thylacine' footage out there. But it clearly shows a very thin animal, with a prominent backbone, and lack of fur- probably(IMO) another mange ridden fox, which make up so many of these alleged sightings.

 

[Jarkari]

Foxes have been in tasmania for years however I believe they have only been there for a couple of years official. As far as I can tell the first movie look like a dog with mange, jaws too wide to be a fox. Whatever it is it definately has mange or a serious skin allergy.

 

[Chlidonias]

the first is almost certainly a dog - as Pertinax says it is obviously starving as the backbone is clearly visible and it has some form of mange. It looks nothing like a thylacine (this was all covered in the other thread). The second is definitely a fox, but it was filmed on the mainland (in Victoria) not on Tasmania.

Foxes have been intermittantly reported on Tasmania for years (thought to have been hitchers coming across on the ferries initially) but reports have increased dramatically recently and it is considered likely they were introduced there deliberately. There is a theory that devils may help keep them in check (I won't comment on that though).

 

[Steve Robinson]

There is a theory that devils may help keep them in check

This theory is called "wishful thinking".

 

[Chlidonias]

"theory" is more scientific sounding

 

[MRJ]

"theory" is more scientific sounding

Devils will enter fox dens and eat the pups. It is a fairly reasonable assumption that this is the reason the numerous attempts to introduce foxes dating back to early settlement days have failed, despite Tasmania seemingly presenting ideal fox habitat. The fear currently is that with devil numbers at an all time low, and absent from a large portion of the country, there is an opportunity for foxes to become established.