Smith (1981) and Rounsevell & Smith (1982) both dealt with sightings in Tasmania to 1978. Hold onto your hats ladies and gentlemen, this has potential to be the wildlife rediscovery of the century!Nick Mooney is a colleague and an extremely reputable wildlife biologist. The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, is not a tiger. Western Australian Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Sighting Reports Reports from other Australian states and different countries can be accessed here. .postid-1764461 .sidebar-widget.popular-jobs-widget{ Waters claimed last week the footage showed "not ambiguous" evidence of the thylacine, but the video (which you can view below), is far from conclusive. { In a YouTube video posted on February 23, Mr. With all due respect I disagree with Nick Mooneys opinion and thats fine - thats perfectly OK - and he encourages me in his report to get as many opinions as I can because his is only one opinion, Mr Waters says in the new video. Uh Pardon Me But Thylacine Truthers Think Theyve Captured A Tassie Tiger Family On Camera, Don't Panic, The Tasmanian Tiger May Not Be So Extinct After All, There Was An Alleged Tassie Tiger Sighting In SA & Im Sure The Hemsworth Bros Are Quaking RN, The Hemsworths Are Funding A Jurassic Park-Style Attempt To Bring The Tassie Tiger Back To Life, Perhaps These Thylacine Dog Coats Will Take Yr Mind Off The Latest Tasmanian Tiger False Alarm, Jeff Lowe, Keen To Leave Joe Exotics Haunted Zoo, Wishes Carole Baskin The Best. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. oldonload(); Continuing to search for them is a waste of money, according to Mike Archer from UNSW Sydney. By 1830, the thylacines were so hated by the colonisers that a bounty programme was started, whereby farmers would pay people for the animals skins. Thylacines were persecuted by European settlers as it was believed that the animals were hunting their sheep. Unlike Bigfoot or Nessie, such animals were unquestionably real, were well photographed while alive and went extinct almost within living memory. function external_links_in_new_windows_load(func) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/science/thylacines-tasmanian-tigers-sightings.html. Brooks data suggest that if thylacines do survive or did until 20 years or so ago then they are, or were, most likely holding out in the western and southwestern portions of the island. It is, of course, the thylacine. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Last month, news of the rediscovery of the Black-Browed Babbler, missing since the 1840s, emerged after two Indonesian men caught and photographed a specimen. But unconfirmed sightings have regularly been reported for decades. The highly anticipated photos of a living Tasmania tiger family have been released and the man who captured them says hes absolutely confident at least one is a thylacine. Paul Seaburn is the editor at Mysterious Universe and its most prolific writer. Royal Time Traveler, Illuminati Psychic, Human with a Tail, Drug-Sniffing Squirrels and More Mysterious News Briefly. Unlike other cryptids, this creature was definitively proven to exist but was . Last night however when we spoke and I interviewed them both, it was clear he now has 100% belief in what his wife had witnessed as he too has now seen the un-believable. The animal died three years later, and the species was declared extinct. Risk - free offer! Hes written for TV shows such as "The Tonight Show", "Politically Incorrect" and an award-winning childrens program. (function() { /*