Thylacine Research by Professor Philip Weinstein

[@thylacineawarenessgroupofa5886]

Phil is a great guy and it was a real pleasure to meet him back in May. Mark and Mick have taken him out into the Murray Mallee on a couple of occasions as well, another region in SA where there continues to be sightings of Thylacine type animals almost every year coming in from random members of the public...Neil.

[@rob6505]

Really good to hear that people are protecting the areas that the thylacine is in, great work keep it up 👍

[@DetroitFettyghost]

YES. CONSERVE ALL WE CAN.

[@michaelthornley]

I like the practicality and open-mindedness of Professor Weinstein. I try to be practical with some optimism that it still exists. For those non Aussies here you can not appreciate the vastness of what is Australia (same size as mainland US) and the fact that we only have around 26 million people living in such a large landmass. Many areas are so remote that European Australians have never ventured there on foot. In addition, I think calling the Thylacine the Tasmanian Thylacine is restricting many peoples concept of being open to Thylacines still existing on the 'mainland'. Of course I understand why, yet perhaps we should consider emphasising various species or sub species of one genera. e.g. a Tasmanian Thylacine and a Mainland Thylacine. I know the TAGOA favours this too by your references to that fact. In addition, with animals placed in the same genera,, those living in colder climates may evolve to become a bigger species because large, bulky animals have a smaller surface-area-to-volume ratio. Whereas those in the warmer climates are often a smaller species/sub species as body heat generated by metabolism needs to be dissipated quickly rather than stored within to conserve energy. Therefore the sighting on the mainland of perhaps a smaller animal may indeed be pertinent. So hypothetically (and optimistically) we could look at the following classification: (extant or extinct) - The Tasmanian Thylacine On the mainland there may be subspecies of a Mainland Thylacine - the Yorke Thylacine - the Eastern Thylacine - the Daintree Thylacine | - any other areas And also - the New Guinea Thylacine Just some thoughts....

[@marksupialwolf1111]

Yes Michael you are spot on,we do consider these possibilities at Tagoa..what most see is the mainland version of the "cynocephalus" (tassie tiger) on the mainland but it appears there quite possibly could be a sub species too.

[@michaelthornley]

@@marksupialwolf1111 Keep up the great work!

[@marksupialwolf1111]

@@michaelthornley thanks Michael.

[@dnetmusic1968]

To think that the Thylacine has been living all the while on the Yorke Peninsula is absolutely fascinating. Amazing.

[@AussieAquatic]

The entire Western half of Tasmania is habitat that hopefully separated and spared some of these animals from human predation. Time will tell.

[@DetroitFettyghost]

🙏🏼 it's alot of space. Yes. I do hope too.

[@dayvancowboi9135]

very based and pragmatic fellow

[@andrewchalmers7422]

Forestry in Gippsland Victoria has been stopped thanks to the abundance of endangered species that are now only found there. BUT THE FACT IS THEY STILL EXIST THERE BECAUSE OF THE TIMBER INDUSTRY MAKING AREAS SUITABLE FOR THE ENDANGERED SPECIES TO SURVIVE WITH CLEARED AREAS AND SOME PROTECT FROM WILD FIRES 🔥

[@harryzero1566]

What will it take to flood the area with trail cameras, go back 6 months later and see what images gets captured. There are guys doing just this in Florida capturing images of bears, mountain lions and Bob cats. I cannot believe ive spent so much time in a single day viewing Thylocene content, with just a few hints that there might be some of these unique creatures still existing.

[@marksupialwolf1111]

Yes we put trail cameras out & leave them out for many months but unlike most animals that have a territory thylacines continually roam..after researching these animals & peoples sighting we have alot of intel now to see patterns so we are getting closer.

[@harryzero1566]

@@marksupialwolf1111 maybe, we will soon see a high quality confirmation that the Thylocene actually exists.

[@marksupialwolf1111]

@@harryzero1566 amen too that

[@andrewchalmers7422]

Try to remember that tas tigers flourished alongside the aboriginal people and their land management system. SO GET BACK THE CLEARED AREAS MADE FROM ABORIGINAL BURNING THE landscape. This activity made the LANDSCAPE suitable for regrowth and animals that were dependent on the regrowth environment

[@tonysambar]

After I catch a Yowie and Black Panter I am going after a Thylacine.👍

[@marksupialwolf1111]

Well we've had those sightings too but we don't follow them up