Is The Tasmanian Tiger ALIVE In Papua New Guinea?

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

Do we think the Thylacine is still in Papua New Guinea? Comment Below! 👇👇

[@jimcondon9032]

I agree cookie with a gun to the head I'd say No .. having said that I very much want thylacine to be alive in Papua New Guinea . I'd take a gun to the head if it meant someone found thylacine it would be worth dieing for

[@dama3979]

No it’s gone we killed it, don’t cry about it

[@joshwilliams7360]

Definitely think it's still there I believe there still here in Tasmania. We have alot of untouched area here for such a small island. Not in the numbers there was but I definitely believe they are still down on the south west coast of Tasmania

[@davemerilles7513]

Agree and I think they are far away from us

[@jeromethornton2262]

Am from PNG. Am 56 .When I was in my childhood, I spend most my weekends in the village. During these times, I hear my folks talking about a dog-like animal. Sighting is not common. Those folks who goes out hunting in the deepest forests for possums during full moon sight those animals. The reason why they don't disturb or try to hunt it is, they say, very very dangerous. Interpreting the name to english, they called it "the dog's brother ".

[@BoonsackBush]

I’m from Tasmania and my godmother lived in a large part of the Tarkine Forrest. Actually in a trapper lodge. She said the last time she’d seen one was around 1996 lounging on a dirt road used for logging.

[@colbykinney5633]

The Saola or " Asian unicorn " is a 250lb forest dwelling bovine that was discovered in Central Vietnam in 1992. If a critter that size in a country with that population that large could go undetected gives me hope that the Thylacine could still be alive in someplace as remote as Papua New Guinea or in other remote regions.

[@pilotalex7888]

I thought of the saola as well! My thoughts are same as yours

[@Spiritof48]

Yep . And the French and Americans had been there for decades without reporting such an animal.

[@davidnorton2473]

Bigfoot must be real then

[@colbykinney5633]

@@davidnorton2473 possibly but probably not

[@davidnorton2473]

@@colbykinney5633 probably not don't you mean definitely not.

[@334immortal]

If anyones life was on the line, you would obviously say no. It’s the safe choice. But I think it’s still possible. The New Guinea Singing Dog was found after being extinct for several decades

[@powderpuffs4456]

I love the Singing Dog

[@rb8712]

My best mate is from the highlands in PNG before he was adopted by a biologist in the west. He hears stories from family to this day and tells me himself that when he visits there are still tylacine roaming the jungles.

[@Bexamina]

Yes. Based on Forest's video about it. He was very convincing. I hope he can get out there & find one & take you along. ☺️

[@milkybar06]

I disagree with you. It took over 200 years for the gorilla to be fully recognized by main stream science.

[@nixequestrian3721]

Personally I think it is "possible" they are still alive in PNG, but it isn't "probable"- so if it was a million dollar answer, then it'd have to be a 'No' from me- like you say there simply is not the evidence to support them still being alive at this point in time... however I would revise that answer back to 'possible' IF & only IF no one has actually done a decent search for them over there in the last 100 years.

[@lorrietsaoussis5168]

I have a funny feeling that there in PNG it's a big remote place there probably in the mountains were people can't go often or in the valleys people haven't been

[@noahwatson.9836]

If you think about it, if tribes of people can be found living in a jungle undiscovered for hundreds of years? Then a animal the size of a dog can go undiscovered ! Just a thought.

[@ntkproductions1761]

There are no undiscovered tribes on the island the last undiscovered tribe was like in the 1960s

[@noahwatson.9836]

@@ntkproductions1761 i meant in general.

[@pavlovssheep5548]

thylacine sightings on Australian main land , have been increasing since the erection of the dingo fence , so maybe there was a relic population of mainland thylacine that has slowly been increasing with the reduction of dingo competition

[@derekmay8679]

I think that possibly many sightings are of skinny mangey dingos... It is entirely possible that they are still out there ,but its only a carcass or absolute perfect pictures or film that will prove it... would be quite something if it is there though...

[@damaslpressath]

there must have been some hundreds since than....to survive the incest....when thinking such an animal could maximal survive 10 years in the wild like similar predators....this animals are not turtles, getting 100 years.... ;)

[@JosephMcEwan]

might be a wild idea but someone could go to one of these villages who can draw and ask someone to give a description of the striped dog and it might look like a Tasmanian tiger

[@1lorko]

YES: I've flown over the PNG Highlands. You've got no idea how dense, remote and rugged it is. Insanely steep jungle covered mountains so high they disappear into the clouds, occasionally getting snow on their peaks. The US War Graves people are STILL there looking for missing WWII aeroplanes. If there's an undiscovered animal anywhere in the world it's in PNG. As for no reported sightings; By who, to who? There's 600 different languages, no two the same. The tribes hate each other and don't communicate. No two major towns are connected by roads. Inter city travel is by boat, plane or foot but not road. There's uncontacted tribes and Cannibalism in the mountains behind Lae (they still eat their recently deceased relatives) I've been there. The common language is Pidgin which doesn't exactly have a word for Thylacine. I'll try; Doc imi got long strip long arse long bodi blong im. Or Wun pella doc imi be lookum samesame long wunpla cat Not exactly a concise description that would make the scientific community say "can you repeat that please" Nowadays there's more Thylacine sightings in the tropical far north of Queensland than there are in Tasmania. So, I reckon if they're in Qld then they're in PNG for sure. PS I have a friend, an Aussie soldier who was hiking on the Kokoda track in the highlands. He turns off the track to take a leak from off of a cliff. He swears he stumbled onto a perched pterodactyl! He was within six foot of it. It was startled and took to flight. He would've lost his job if he told anybody so he didn't. But several years later he told me.

[@ntkproductions1761]

Pterodactyl 😂 he was probably fuzzy from all the hard walking and mistook a hornbill

[@powderpuffs4456]

& im the Queen of England

[@andrewchalmers7422]

Every thing you said was facts and believe 💯 but maybe keep the dinosaurs to yourself

[@knightbane3752]

My heart wants to say yes but I sadly think they're gone for good unless we manage to clone them back

[@COACHWARBLE]

Great to see you Cookie!!!

[@mosherj666]

The Dorcopsulus Wallaby was recently discovered in Papua Neu Guinee, and just this century several large mammals have been discovered in Vietnam, Papua Neu Guinee, Brazil, and various other parts of the world. The remains of a Saola were discovered in Vietnam in 1992 but a living specimen wasn't spotted and photographed until 2010. Larger mammals are out there so there is a chance, no matter how small, the Thylacine might still be out there too.

[@peterdowsley3160]

PNG possibly.. I think there's an extremely high chance of Thylacine here in Tasmania.. When you consider such large areas of the place is so densely covered with rainforest or vegetation so thick its impenetrable or due to the topography of the land it's impossible for humans to access...

[@brucemirbella2215]

Except that tigers lived in open country, not thick forest. Is it impossible? No, but unlikely in my view, sadly.

[@peterdowsley3160]

@@brucemirbella2215 They know they used rough rocky outcrops and dense bush to den because they've found those dens, bone and fur sample evidence has proven that part to be true.. The actual animals movements or areas where they like to hunt roam ect is completely unknown. All experts or at least ones being honest say we just don't know.

[@davida.4933]

@@brucemirbella2215 Historic sightings were pretty much throughout TAS, although yes the Southwest habitat was not their preferred habitat, but keep in mind Papua is also wet and thick with regard to vegetation.

[@ianlim4404]

@peterdowsley3160, it's possible that thylacines could still be present in Tasmania in very few numbers. When I went to Tasmania many years ago, I managed to collect many records about thylacines I could get and find. I also had an adventure in South Australia and Western Australia more recently separately, and I found a plaque and wallpaper confirming the thylacine's extinction in PNG, New Caledonia, and mainland Australia.

[@catco123]

It’s probably a banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus), which superficially resembles the thylacine and is native to southeast Asia. However, it’s range does not reach past Borneo.

[@_SynowMinnow_7997]

They don't rlly look the same, they're smaller, they're nocturnal,they climb, they're felines and etc. They are much smaller than the thylacine ,I used to see banded palm civets all the time,they do very frequently live in urban areas,if there's one thing that they do have in common with the thylacine tho is that they too will scavenge for food if they need to,to put it simple they're just the racoons of Southeast Asia, trust me

[@demeare-_-3360]

But it doesn’t live in Papua New Guinea

[@matthewwelsh294]

Borneo is far north than Papua New Guinea

[@Apopateus]

New Guinea is an island 11.5 larger than Tasmania with low population density (like Tasmania as well) and vast areas of unexplored forests. If we consider that a leopard in an island in Zanzibar 41!!! times smaller than Tasmania and double population was thought extinct for 25 years, then we have a good chance to find a thylacine in New Guinea. So the probabilities in terms of size exploration and population in in thylacine's favour. What is not in thylacine's favour though, is the animal's physiology. What I mean by that: Thylacine was/is an ancient type of mammal, with much smaller brain than dogs, weaker jaws and lesser adaptability. That's why it was extirpated from north to south until it found refuge in Tasmania where there were not dogs. In New Guinea there are dogs similar to dingos and this isn't good for thylacines. On the other hand, wild singing dogs are very rare too. So who really knows... We can only hope.

[@rylandowney4644]

Not enough evidence to prove it but “I THINK!” that the thylacine is alive and well in Papua New Guinea

[@reubendaly827]

if someone had a gun to their head and said it was there, the person would die of old age before they could be proved right or wrong.

[@devinfinall5193]

Hay I live in Papua New guinea and I've been to a lot of remote places in PNG and in those remote places all most no one has phones. So there could be dobsegna here but no one has a phone

[@tracytipton6559]

Is it true that png has a thousand square miles of uninhabited and unexplored area? I've thought I read that once when trying to find largest unexplored areas on earth Remains of thylacine have been found in png

[@banetrstenik85]

Great video Cookie but I wouldn't agree one one thing - larger animals under the radar theory. There was singing dog discovered, rediscovered, in that area recently in PNG.

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

My counter to that would be that they were known about, lost and then subsequently rediscovered - Thylacine has had none of that in PNG

[@harryhull8438]

I think it’s from what Forrest said and the romantic idea of them still holding on

[@jordyb57]

The ones that go under the radar are the lesser known ones and/or the ones that no one is looking for. Thylacine are widely known and looked for. I still have hope, but yeah…

[@colinharbinson8284]

Like the combination of enthusiasm, and down to earth approach, makes this a very reliable post.

[@powderpuffs4456]

Cookie please get to Papua New Guinea to Mt Bosavi and Kuk Swamp with Forest and do a series it would be amazing!!

[@nealcorbett1149]

Considering that Papuans living in such remote locations have no idea what a thylacine is, and yet describe an animal that matches it perfectly, what do you think they are seeing if it's not a thylacine? They have no other frame of reference but to call it a dog. It's not like they are misidentifying some non-descript green bird for some other non-descript green bird.

[@tayebizem3749]

They're extinct definitely in the main land or the small island of tasmania But Papúa new Guinea is something I can really go with

[@pavlovssheep5548]

misidentification is common place when i was in Australia i thought i saw a kangaroo but turned out it was just a greyhound having a shit

[@MonkeyMagick]

I ran a project looking for evidence of pinemartens in South staffs about 10 yrs back based on a number of sightings.... turns out those sightings were probably weasels. That being said, I'd like to do some camera trapping there next year maybe & see whats out there. Want to take a trip?

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

Sounds interesting! Not sure I’ll be here but if you get it running, give me a shout

[@bushfishncook2128]

Something just makes me YES! They are still alive in PNG, I think it's time they sent some big groups to set up trail cameras and take a good look around...

[@shapumawildcat2800]

Of course they are still out there some where. We not long ago found large pandas, gorillas etc yes large animals thought to be extinct, PNG is huge with a lot of un explored ground, so yep, im sure they are out there

[@Istrianprincess]

Those animals were never thought to be extinct

[@HR-od9fl]

Would love to see Taz tiger alive ❤️

[@kigglestraw4987]

Another banger love the vids cookie

[@ramisekar4341]

Hi cookie, I live in PNG this is land of unexpected. There are lots and lots are species unexpected discovered. We live with a natural resource .its possible this species exists but we are dence forest with very high mountains thus it make common people to reach.

[@Dqtube]

My answer is yes, it is possible. And why is that? Because it's a large area with a low population. For example, there is a small population of wolves and lynx in the woods 40 to 50 km from where I live, but we only have a few photos of them from long-term studies, even though the population density is ten times higher than in Papua.

[@davidleadbeater7384]

Great video cookie keep it up

[@NoName-ds5uq]

I think no. Thanks for your properly considered viewpoint! As a 52 year old Tasmanian, I’d love to think they are still out there somewhere whether it be here or in PNG, but I doubt that for the same reasons you have pointed out but also because if they were they would be in such small numbers that their population would be unviable for reproduction.

[@powderpuffs4456]

Have you been to Kokoda at all? I would like to walk the track one day

[@NoName-ds5uq]

@@powderpuffs4456 no I haven’t, Years ago I had one free day out of a total of two in Port Moresby and that’s my entire experience of PNG unfortunately. I believe the Kokoda Track is still quite the challenge!

[@kevindouglas2060]

What about the rumors that the chupakabra is a descendant of escaped animals, 'thylacines' brought to Mexico from Tasmania in the nineteenth century.

[@intelligentspeculator7327]

People who voted "Yes" did not mean that they were sure, just that they leaned more towards "Yes" rather than "No". I would lean towards "No" in PNG and in mainland Australia, and slightly towards "Yes" in Tasmania, based on all the reading and listening I did about rare and extinct animals. However, it's all just educated speculation.

[@liverpool4646]

This is so interesting! Cookie you need to get forest on the show and get him to organise an expedition to PNG!! He’s the man it sort this out!! If I had the money I would I pay for it myself!!! I think it’s still there. If you do talk to forest again ask him how much an expedition like that would cost? Maybe start a go fund me?

[@BOREDFU]

Never been so early to a video before. Just thought I’d check if there was any recent uploads to your channel and boom! 10 minutes ago 😂

[@GODZILLA2915]

I have mixed thoughts on the subject. Though either way I say Paupau New Guinea should be explored more.

[@jordanmaczkowiack4899]

Head says no, Heart says yes.

[@magicgenius]

Forest Galante told a very compelling story suggesting it’s possible

[@Tom-uv7ry]

No he didn't lol 😂 he still hasn't shown this photo of the jaw bone tho has he ? 😂 . Yes working himself that's all he's is doing going on every podcast talking twaddle about his photo to everyone who'll listen to sell his tall tales

[@hazelault2323]

I think it is in PNG, And I would like to compare it to another "dog-like creature" even though it is still technically declared extinct. But it has some real evidence that it is still alive, the Japanese wolf. They have been declared extinct since 1905, and Japan is vastly more populated than PNG.

[@dinosaurscandraw]

I find it a bit sus that Forrest didn't show the jaw bone. I would love to believe it (and I might just eat my words in the future) but I don't think Thylacinus Cynocephalus has a stable population in PNG. it seems very interesting that there isn't people from PNG saying this themselves, only people who heard from someone, who then heard it from someone, etc.

[@Tom-uv7ry]

Because he's talking nonsense it's written all over his face he's a clear liar

[@ntkproductions1761]

I don’t trust what Forrest says cause he really doesn’t know anything about the island. He said New Guinea signings dogs don’t live in the highlands which isn’t factual cause they were discovered and rediscovered in the highlands. He also confuses PNG and West Papua a lot.

[@pierredobunaba8337]

Get a group of scientists and go to the remote jungles of Wau and Bulolo in PNG. The wild singing dogs are still present despite people saying it was extinct. And indigenous people here respect the jungles to even wander that far in to investigate.

[@jasonnielsen2125]

Show the picture of the jawbone please

[@AirbornePirates]

I'm fully invested in this dude!

[@jordanmaczkowiack4899]

Would be so cool to see you go to PNG and have a look.

[@shaunsaintey1793]

I think someone out of the shot actually does have a gun. Probably works for big thylacine smh.

[@captain-chair]

Whenever people talk about the Tasmanian Tiger my mind always jumps to the thought of genocide. As a Tasmanian, I have definitely thought about this a lot. Basically my claim is... The chances of a Thylacine still existing in Tasmania is the same chance of there being a verifiable Tasmanian Aboriginal still around. I think the Black War really proves that not even Humans with our Human knowledge are able to survive being hunted to existinction. And if there is a provable descendent of Indigenous Tasmanians, then would we even know? Obviously the Black War is a more political topic then the Thylacine but I think the reality is that the Van Diemans Land government saw both Tasmanian Aboriginals and Thylacine's in the same light. So I simply wish to state how the topics are somewhat inseperable from each other. If the Thylacine was found in Papua New Guinea, would I want a breeding program to bring them back to Tassie? This is actually another concern, do I actually want Thylacine's wandering around again? I think there are two main things, I think Thylacine's would be a good way of trying to get the invasive species under control such as rabbits and plovers. But would Thylacine's be friendly to Humans? This channel may have covered such questions but this just appeared in my feed and when I see anything Tasmania related. I must consume! I am curious what others actually think of what I am saying.

[@jamesm6442]

The question you pose of do you want thylacines wandering around Tasmania again if a relict population could be bred up and transported to Tasmania / cloning program.. I'd say a big yes. From all the documentation of 19th/20th century colonization of Tasmania, the thylacines were never harmful to humans. They are about the size of a medium-large sized dog, less than a wolf though. Their bite strength was apparently quite low, and there's no consensus of what they actually ate. And they were reputedly very shy and avoided humans. I think if we lived in a world where they were reintroduced into Tasmania, one probably wouldn't even notice, except for the occasional lucky hiker or rural person who gets a glimpse of them travelling around the landscape

[@captain-chair]

@@jamesm6442 That is a good point. I barely ever see snakes or Tassie Devils in the wild either. Well the Devil's could just be a result of a lack of high enough numbers yet. But for a long time the breeding program has been going well aside from what I have heard about the road kill numbers in the state... Which aren't great. :(

[@MuertaRara]

Cookie! I just rewatched some of your older Thylacine videos and I'm curious what changed your mind about it being extinct as in the video of the notorious Waters pictures (2021) you said that you believe that the Thylacine is still out there. It would be interesting to hear (maybe in video form?) what changed your mind! :)

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

I did a video early on titled something like “why the Thylacine definitely went extinct” and in that I go through my thoughts etc but simply I concluded that my head tells me the Thylacine is gone due to lack of evidence etc but my heart can’t let it go and demands that it’s still alive and the whole ‘what if’ about it

[@MuertaRara]

@@WildlifeWithCookie must have forgotten about it as I'm sure i definitely watched it at least once! Sorry about it 😂

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

No it’s all good haha, be mad if you remembered everything by seeing/hearing it once haha

[@hard_candy]

I've always wondered why the word, "Papua," is so difficult for foreigners to pronounce. It doesn't seem like a difficult word, but evidently it is.

[@powderpuffs4456]

its easy, Pa-Pooooo-a(h).

[@GeorgeAusters]

Must be one or two floating around

[@toxicmafia6192]

I believe the Tasmanian dog is not in Papua New Guinea.. if they were in PNG. they would repopulate and will be known already

[@norellebarnett7636]

Yes because there's lots of bush and rainforest where they could be hiding and possibly only a few living

[@bilboadventure818]

Would be great to have forrest back and I would want to say they are alive in papua new guinea but it's a big shout

[@Dave-vy8wg]

Lol how many mountain lion ever see... Thousands of them all over America, no one sees em

[@jonling5173]

Definitely still on mainland Australia and always has been , plenty of evidence eg: prints and creditable sightings , as for miss identifying 😂 what else is the size of a greyhound with stripes, a strait long tail and the back end like a kangaroo?

[@Falconer710]

Yes most definitely I pray we don’t find one 😢 leave them to do what god put them on this planet to do 😢us humans destroy everything our beautiful planet 🌎 is going down hill and our eco system is unstable these greedy oil companys / elite need to go now before it’s to late ⏰ a revolution needs to happen 💭

[@royhay5741]

No, because there's New Guinea singing dogs there which replaced them.

[@miloanimates]

I love tasmanian tigers I hope they will come back in the futer

[@schneiderkonig1046]

My mind say no my heart say yes.

[@SteveyC335]

Great video as always. I thought when you started looking into this that you will end up drawing the same conclusions as the big cat thing so i didnt follow it to closely tbh. I personally dont believe Thylacines exist. I actually think the Big cat thing is more credible and i''ll tell you why. Firstly, there's a lot of money in exotic wild pet trade. People will pay a lot for a leopard or puma cub. Secondly, you can legally own one, and if you're hell bent on getting one illegally its not that difficult (they can be got online) Thirdly, unlike the Thylacine big cats do definitely exist. They exist all over UK in sanctuaries and zoos etc. If one escapes and somebody sees it, its a legitimate big cat sighting, but unless the individual gets a clear picture of it nobody believes them. Fourthly, too many eccentric individuals owned and do own big cats for none of them to end up in countryside. Did you see Ross Kemp documentaries on big cats in uk? Or Chris Packhams documentary? Ive never believed in a breeding population, but I'd bet some have ended up in countryside.

[@tau_bada3128]

Hey Bro Im From Papua New Guinea. And we don't have this Tasmanian Tiger in our country.

[@tracytipton6559]

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[@tracytipton6559]

Doesn't png have thousand square miles of uninhabited and unexplored area And the remains found are not thousand years Dobsegna supposed to look like thylacine

[@matthewwelsh294]

Any proof to back that up

[@anonymoususer7003]

Yes please if someone will go to PNG and research whether thylacines are there and also hear the stories about sightings that would be good. Yes get Forest to show us the photo of the thylacine jaw bone and get him on the channel.

[@billiam6071]

So Cookie the video hit 500 likes you gonna get Forrest back on or what?

[@skysthelimitvideos]

It’s *possible* but not likely. I WANT to believe but I’ll need way more evidence if I’m actually going to believe.

[@patrickleahy9164]

Wow. I can’t believe a comment I made prompted this whole video. I feel so honored 😂 I’m personally one of the optimists who believe it’s out there. But I don’t have the time, money, or otherworldly courage to venture out to PNG to look 😂

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

Haha yeah thought it was a good conversation to be had so thank you for bringing it up haha

[@jonathanroberts-bj7yl]

Not in Indonesia New Guinea.

[@jamiep1992]

Thanks!

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

Thank you bro! means a lot

[@harryzero1566]

Maybe in 10yrs time after a period when almost everyone has a camera of some sort we will get a probable answer

[@billynoel6555]

What is the link to the discord server?

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

Here you go mate - discord.gg/QNY6uj3

[@PoeLemic]

Hey, Cookie ... we've got 662 likes now. Damn it, Mate ... Where's my Forrest Galante ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@galimabu8878]

Yes there's plenty here, over in West Papua too oh I forgot the Solomons

[@ntkproductions1761]

Yeah Vanuatu and Fiji too😂

[@powderpuffs4456]

yeah and plenty in Chicago as well!!

[@Max23465789]

I'd say more than fish or birds really anything under a certain size has a good chance to go under the radar. There have also been several amphibians, reptiles, insects, etc. that have been rediscovered. Have you looked much at the black footed ferret reintroduction project I thought it might interest you considering some of the other content you've made. They were thought to be extinct until for a few years until rediscovered in 1981. They had a very small founding population of 18 survivors they are currently right around 350 in the wild and more in captivity including one that was cloned from an extinct gene line Elizabeth Ann.

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

Absolutely correct, I think describing fish and birds is just easy but reptiles and amphibians can definitely go walkabouts and likewise smaller mammals etc. I've not heard of that ferret, sounds interesting!

[@j-diamond-8924]

wasn't a breed of wild dog rediscovered in png? singing dog?

[@bushfishncook2128]

@@j-diamond-8924 sure was 👍🏼 I think it's time to send a whole big team to PNG

[@Avalaugh0007]

What's your view on my favourite animal....the honey badger 🦡 ....amazing creature

[@dannydandan3316]

I'm from PNG and "NO", we don't have the Tasmania Tiger

[@_robustus_]

Willem Dafoe shot the last one back in 2011.

[@XtraOrdinar-y]

I’d say they are,but I hope they are never found

[@75diebold]

Probably they seen highland wild dogs

[@trivettebaloiloi331]

I'm from PNG and I will tell you this now. No, they do not exist in my country.

[@keironfrench5137]

I would love to think so

[@arthurdalton517]

Yes I do

[@harryl2232]

It’s difficult in a jungled eviroment to find fossils and try to determine when an animal living there became extinct. More research is needed

[@Tyler.i.81]

Marsupials can crossbreed

[@AshleyFrench-ly8cg]

i haven't seen a fox for time and I now they r thousands. the Tazi is in a less populated area nocturnal and free roaming with a great sense of smell so y not.

[@j-diamond-8924]

what about the thylacine being brought back to life jurassic park style? do you think they will be successful?

[@dinosaurscandraw]

I think there is a lot of stigma against cloning, (and people don't realize how much cloning actually effects our world in a positive way each day with pharmaceuticals and food quality) but I believe that the TYGRR lab might just change the world of conservation if they succeed. ^^

[@j-diamond-8924]

@@dinosaurscandraw i agree and hope that is the case.

[@Bazerkly]

A Definite Maybe

[@christurner4381]

Reading all of the comments it would seem that there are a lot of locals who are certain that there are no Thylacines in PNG. Maybe not cos of real knowledge but hostility to having nosy foreigners poking around for them. A shame. Have to say it is plausible they may be there. They also seem to be in every state of Australia going by reported sightings since the early 1900s. Just lacking clear photo or video evidence. That's all.

[@wahgwaan4076]

We want it to be true. Don't always get what we want though.

[@pilotalex7888]

If I was forced to choose yes or no, I would say yes, I think it’s true that the thylacines live in papua new guinea. However, obviously, there isn’t enough evidence to make a proper decision yet. We need to get some more investigators down there to see for themselves what they see! I think the Forrest Galante story is very hopeful and is actually the most true-sounding thylacine story I’ve ever heard. I think it’s definitely worth taking a closer look at. :D

[@WasabiWallaby]

I’m from Tasmania originally (spent 21 years there) and this is such a curious/fascinating topic with all the reported sightings. I read they’re trying to bring them back though? I know they were hunted to extinction, but nonetheless, messing with science to bring it back is unnatural and unnecessary. I say leave it all alone. As far as your video; I don’t think it’s a Tassie tiger in PNG. Very good video though! Captivating, great video.

[@John-qs2xr]

I've spent a lot of time in Papua New Guinea in remote areas and talking to people in remote communities. With people I travel with and hunters I'll raise this question at least once and although they describe many cryptozoology like animals (although less so as my understanding of language improves)and the sing sing dog is still there, I've never heard anyone volunteer a description of a thylacine. PNG is not that big. There are a lot of geology explorations going on currently-Purari with total, hides with Exon Mobil, kikori.lots of people with phone cameras. Lots of strange animals but no thyacline. Go there, it's not as dangerous as people say, but don't be disappointed if you don't see the tiger.

[@VinsUplifting]

Do they describe a similar animal to the Thylacine but one that is arboreal? Also which side of PNG were you?

[@John-qs2xr]

@@VinsUplifting you mean like the thylacoleo? I ask about animals all the time, but no one has described anything like it. Mostly around the Kubor range and then going south, but you meet people from all over. I'm sure there's many things out there but I haven't heard of any road kill or seen any photos or heard any stories (digicell is big here and camera phones have penetrated the most remote areas). There are wild dogs but they're rare, but still around. But no stories of tassie. I recommend PNG though, you'll have great fun looking for one, people are nice.

[@VinsUplifting]

@@John-qs2xr Yes, but smaller than a Thylacoleo, maybe it is a larger species of Quoll, but it was described the size of an ocelot and with a cat like face, i guess it is arboreal as well. This is what i had been told by a lady who had conversation with a local on the indonesian part of the country in the early 90's. I think this animal may also account for what is known as "moonlight tiger" sightings in FNQLD. Thank you for your reply. No i am certainly not planning to go there..!

[@powderpuffs4456]

@@VinsUplifting yeah its a quoll

[@Dab-studios]

DO THEY

[@cherrygardeninginnz]

maybe it could be in New Zealand we have enough of of Aussies wallabies and other animals here

[@75diebold]

I want a papuan singing dog

[@powderpuffs4456]

they're cute