Tasmanian tiger: The enduring belief in an extinct animal
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It's no surprise that BBC and ABC have jumped on this rubbish and push it with the obligatory wink-wink "isn't this fun" journalism plaguing these media outlets.
There is no widespread belief in the existence of this animal. Human activity has sent many a creature packing its bags from this world. The thylacine is just one on a long list.
That's a horrible story, very much "not with a bang, but a whimper".
Come on... we're past those crappy photos of the Loch Ness monster, Big Foot, etc. Like Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki commented - "It's remarkable that it is out of focus in a time that we have autofocus cameras."
We have concrete prof that earth is somewhat round and solid but some people still believe that there is a micro sun inside, and will fight you if say otherwise.
With these extinct or close to extinction species happens the same
Wait, isn't the Earth's core molten and hot? Or do people believe the Earth is hollow and has a small star inside?
I'm shocked that anyone actually believes this in modern days, but it's a fun thing to fantasize about.
There is a fictional series about hollow earth called Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs that I enjoyed immensely. A fun read, not unlike Tarzan.
There is even a paper that states it is crystallizing at a rate of about 1 mm/year, and this process contributes some of the heat. [1] I have been trying to dig back to the data on this in the past, but haven't found anything but the claim itself.
[1] http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v4/n4/abs/ngeo1083.html
But, if you really want to see a sea monster I guess you can see a sea monster. Not sure just how large they think those waves are in a lake.
The Chelyabinsk meteor was pretty amazing, though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine#Unconfirmed_sighting...
It's not out of the realm of possibility that there's still a very small population out there...
I wonder if it would be valuable to have a biologist or forest ranger collecting fur samples that rub off on trees in the area where there's been some sightings.
I grew up on a farm in the middle of the state where we had a number of sightings (circa 1970s) which were never reported.
I thought the film captured the tone of the book extremely well, perhaps more than any adaptation I've seen. I loved the fact that the film explains very little (and neither does the novel), just lets the story tell itself through images and sound. Both are underappreciated gems.
Recently I've been enjoying films that cover little niches of the world, geographic or otherwise, that I know nothing about. Another good example is Premium Rush (2012). I don't know if there's a name for this genre, as on the surface the films look nothing alike, and can vary wildly in quality, but there's just something engrossing about them.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/movies/review-in-rams-brot... (although I recommend not reading anything about it beforehand)
"In 1900, an attempt to introduce moose into the Hokitika area failed; then in 1910 ten moose (four bulls and six cows) were introduced into Fiordland. This area is considered a less than suitable habitat, and subsequent low numbers of sightings and kills have led to some presumption of this population's failure. The last proven sighting of a moose in New Zealand was in 1952."
Fiordland is a wild and remote part of the country...
like in other similar situations, for example with wolves in Montana, i wonder why just not use the shepherd dogs, i mean this is how it worked for thousands years before.