Nah it's Ok... Hate the N Qld Bush... Too bloody Hot.... Thought you were talking about Yowies... :Y: 
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Tassie Tiger in QLD?
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Gonna make my guess that Goldfreak is talking about the Thylacene's bigger, meaner distant relative - Thylacoleo, the marsupial lion. Smaller than a modern lion but weighing as much as a large man, it would probably have veiwed humans as prey.
Lots of fossils found at Riveslea, saw some life-like reconstructed models at the Riverslea fossil centre in Mount Isa. An unusual looking animal, not much like a lion, sort of similar to a huge possum but with longer legs. The most remarkable feature is the teeth - they're very obviously a carnivore's teeth but they aren't like your typical cat/dog/bear. The cheek teeth aren't pointy, they are long blades resembling axe heads. This animal probably didn't do much chewing, it's cheek teeth would have just hacked out big chunks of flesh to be swallowed.
Not the prettiest animal and I wouldn't like to run across it.
Lots of fossils found at Riveslea, saw some life-like reconstructed models at the Riverslea fossil centre in Mount Isa. An unusual looking animal, not much like a lion, sort of similar to a huge possum but with longer legs. The most remarkable feature is the teeth - they're very obviously a carnivore's teeth but they aren't like your typical cat/dog/bear. The cheek teeth aren't pointy, they are long blades resembling axe heads. This animal probably didn't do much chewing, it's cheek teeth would have just hacked out big chunks of flesh to be swallowed.
Not the prettiest animal and I wouldn't like to run across it.
OMG... I just Googled it... I wouldn't like to see that in the Bush... That's one Ugly Critter... The one in the Centre of pic I mean... ] ... Go The Beardys.. :Y:
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Goldfreak said:Yes, very much like that....but WTF is that hairy faced thing on the left ? Now that's scary
Don't worry, it isn't me
Apparently it was the biggest marsupial carnivore that ever lived and was widely spread across the continent. An aboriginal rock painting somewhere supposedly shows a hunter either attacking one with his spear or trying to fend it off from attacking him.
Freaky to think that the odd one may be still roaming the bush
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LoneWolf said:
Call me skeptic (and yeah, i know we're having fun here
), and i'll play devils advocate here too, but i gotta call BS!...i just gotta. :8 Per;...
<snip> "2 Minutes later there was a 'crack' about 80 meters behind me, this time I paid a little more attention. It was very obvious to me that he was on two feet. Then I heard the soft noise of a leafy branch gently parting and gently being returned, 'crack', silence,
60 meters away, deliberate soft placement of feet slowly, silence.
The slow and soft return of leaves on branch's and slow precise placement of footing started to bother me at 50 meters away (not forgetting I was still 20 meters from the tree line). As it came closer, somehow he became even more delicate, kind of like a cat stalking a bird."...<snip>
Ok, so i wasn't there to verify, and i'm not one to call 'liar' without evidence of such, but DANG!!! your mates father must have 'bionic' hearing...
P.S. I'm sure you meant 'psychological' counselling... or am i wrong, and it WAS physiological due to beating a hasty retreat?
]Good read though, so thanks for sharing.
:Y: Cheers
] That's the Way I remember as he described to Me.... It has been 15 or so years since I have seen my mate and his Father......and gcbro has more than likely waved their 'Magic' over it...
Im a believer.... and yes I meant Psychological.... Sorry I chose to Earn instead of Learn.... :lol:
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That's the Way I remember as he described to Me.... It has been 15 or so years since I have seen my mate and his Father......and gcbro has more than likely waved their 'Magic' over it... Im a believer.... and yes I meant Psychological.... Sorry I chose to Earn instead of Learn....
:lol: LW...
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Love a good story tall,true, or other.... It's great to be skeptical until it happens to you. I remember scoffing at what I thought was a tall tale of huge anacondas living in remote caves qnd jungle areas in South America, right up until I saw a snake skin rolled out well over 50 feet long. A shame it was before mobile phones, I'd lost my camera the day before and wasn't able to take a picture, made me think twice about legendary tales of impossible animals, Not to mention the ears and shell of a recent kill of the supposed extinct giant armadillo...
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Just when I had convinced myself it was safe to be out in the bush alone. Now I"ll be jumping at every noise, . Thought I only had the wild dogs and the odd yowie to worry about. Should have stopped reading long ago.
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No worries LW... i just chose to do both. Great for us all being different and following our own paths. PS... it 'could' have been either, hence my query... :Y:
OldGT, as noted, I did reflect i wasn't there, just the #'s didn't add up (to me)....and yeah, it's a good tale, true or otherwise.
I'm sure the teller's a decent bloke too.
[edit]... <snip>.."The largest anaconda ever measured was almost 28 feet long with a girth of 44 inches. She wasn't weighed at the time she was caught, but scientists estimate that she must have weighed over 500 lbs. The other snake that competes with the anaconda is the Asiatic Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)."<snip>
<snip>"Growing up to 30 feet long, the reticulated python (Python reticulatus) of southeastern Asia and the East Indies is the longest snake in the world. These giants have an average weight of 250 pounds, but the largest known specimen in existence weighs in at a whopping 350 pounds.Feb 26, 2013"<snip>
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...X&ved=0ahUKEwjyuLTXhrPVAhXKGJQKHUsZDxoQsAQILg
OldGT, as noted, I did reflect i wasn't there, just the #'s didn't add up (to me)....and yeah, it's a good tale, true or otherwise.
I'm sure the teller's a decent bloke too.
[edit]... <snip>.."The largest anaconda ever measured was almost 28 feet long with a girth of 44 inches. She wasn't weighed at the time she was caught, but scientists estimate that she must have weighed over 500 lbs. The other snake that competes with the anaconda is the Asiatic Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)."<snip>
<snip>"Growing up to 30 feet long, the reticulated python (Python reticulatus) of southeastern Asia and the East Indies is the longest snake in the world. These giants have an average weight of 250 pounds, but the largest known specimen in existence weighs in at a whopping 350 pounds.Feb 26, 2013"<snip>
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...X&ved=0ahUKEwjyuLTXhrPVAhXKGJQKHUsZDxoQsAQILg
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Read somewhere a fair while ago now that some of the first white aussies seen a snake track that was made by a snake around one yard wide, so, luckily (for us up here) that would have had to have been down in (the now) NSW ,.... wonder if that same one would still be alive now, be as old as the hills. 8)
11000+ great going Silver and nearly all of them giving advice and helping out other members. :Y:
Must be more than 1 Thylacoleo, so as not to die out of existence from old age, injury or illness.
A small population is required or mutations could wipe them out too.
As for the 'big foot' thing... goose bumps... LOL
Truck driver in rest stop with tarps torn up? Illegal aliens, they do that all the time trying to get out
of the trailer.
Happens a lot when people from the Eastern States try to escape to SA and WA.
Strange things happen and it is not always explainable, trust your senses, if it is nothing, then no harm and no foul. :Y:
A small population is required or mutations could wipe them out too.
As for the 'big foot' thing... goose bumps... LOL
Truck driver in rest stop with tarps torn up? Illegal aliens, they do that all the time trying to get out
of the trailer.
Happens a lot when people from the Eastern States try to escape to SA and WA.
Strange things happen and it is not always explainable, trust your senses, if it is nothing, then no harm and no foul. :Y:
The Tassie Tigers have Moved South....
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techa...rn-nsw/ar-BBEHvvb?li=AAgfYrC&ocid=mailsignout
Mmmm Nimbin.... Wonder if She was a "Frequent Flyer" .. arty:
LW... :rainbow:
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techa...rn-nsw/ar-BBEHvvb?li=AAgfYrC&ocid=mailsignout
Mmmm Nimbin.... Wonder if She was a "Frequent Flyer" ..
arty: LW... :rainbow:
malri_au
Steve
White Mountains National Park,there's some 4wd tracks that state don't go in a 2wd.
We decided to 'looksee' in our 2wd.
About 1km in the road turned into a quagmire,bogged to the diff.
The railway sleepers in said quagmire up ahead where less than encouraging.
Took 45 mins to unload car,insert crap underneath back wheels to get out,this is just on dark.
Reversing out in the dark,we hit something,thump,thump.
In the headlights is a python slithering across the track as big as a tree trunk.
We waited about 20 seconds for it to slide across the road,then continued backing out.
Got a bottle of Johnny Walker at the next town that was open (Hughenden) and shared it with our irish companion.
The snakes are real folks.
We decided to 'looksee' in our 2wd.
About 1km in the road turned into a quagmire,bogged to the diff.
The railway sleepers in said quagmire up ahead where less than encouraging.
Took 45 mins to unload car,insert crap underneath back wheels to get out,this is just on dark.
Reversing out in the dark,we hit something,thump,thump.
In the headlights is a python slithering across the track as big as a tree trunk.
We waited about 20 seconds for it to slide across the road,then continued backing out.
Got a bottle of Johnny Walker at the next town that was open (Hughenden) and shared it with our irish companion.
The snakes are real folks.
malri_au
Steve
This creature is alive today and lives in Madagascar. Its specialises in hunting lemurs. It is called a Fossa and is endangered. Reminds me alot of a Tassie Tiger. Dont know if they would be close enough to help clone ? Sorry re old thread.
Lefty said:
If you mean near Obiri rock, there is a Devil painting from memory, haven't seen a tiger. But both were widespread on the mainland in past aboriginal days (50,000 years after all....).
However there apparently is one there (searching the net):
http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/art/rockart/image_02.htm
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goldierocks said:
Yep, that's the same painting we saw at Obiri rock which is supposed to be a thylacine. I don't recall seeing a devil but there were a great deal of paintings there, some of them quite intricate.
Back over in the QLD side, the Riverslea Fossil Centre in Mount Isa is certainly well worth a visit. I'd go back to both places any day.
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