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Topic: I only just realised that I have caught a Thylacyne
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Banker
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posted 17-10-2005 12:08
  
Back in 1991 I was living on the NE of Tasmania in a small rural village. 1 was 16 then and like any other teenager I got bored and was always looking for things to do. I found some old style rabbit traps in a shed at the back of our house and proceeded to set them in dense bushland near our house which as a teenager I did not realise was illegal. It was a sunny but cold frosty morning when I went to check the traps.. the first trap I checked had caught a strange creature which was about 1.5 ft tall and fairly long.. approximately the size of a jack russel terrier but longer in the body. It had stripes from mid back down to the tail and cowered down while pulling on the chain that held the trap where it's foot was caught.. I immediently realised how cruel these traps where (was a bit of joke when I initially set them) did'nt think I would catch anything! anyway, In my teenage mind I had a picture of as much larger animal as the Tasmanian Tiger.. not a smallish long creature that looked like a dog.. I stood and looked at it from about 2 metres away in full morning sun for about 2-3 minutes while contemplating how i was going to release this poor creature.. It was pulling back very hard on the trap trying to get away.. I ran back home to get my dad to help me.. by the time we got back it had struggled free and was nowhere to be seen.. My dad said it could have been a a quall as he said they had stripes on them.. I have just realised when looking at native animals in Tasmania on the internet that it could not have been anything but a Tiger as there are no other native animals that have stripes on them in tasmania.. Please tell me if I am wrong? I am now 95% certain that this was a thylacine and I could be the only person that has actually had one captured live in the past 50 yrs or more.. It only dawned on me the past week as I happened to be looking at native animals in tasmania on the internet.. I know exactly where I caught it and am certain it got away ok.. just minor scratches on it's leg.. Should I be telling any authorities?? IP: Logged |
trout
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posted 18-10-2005 09:08
gudday,what you trapped sounds like a juvenile or sub-adult Thylacine. There are still quite a few sightings in the NE of Tas as there is a fair bit of remnant bush, which is rapidly diminishing.
which part did you trap it?? the problem with notifying the authorities is that it was a long time ago and it will generally be viewed with a fair bit of sceptisism. anyway, feel free to email me if you have any queries on the animal - or if you have any other questions cheers, trout IP: Logged |
Cenci
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posted 18-10-2005 21:40
Dear Banker
your experience is very interesting
have you heard some others like yours in that area before and after you trapped the tiger?
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Quollfan
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posted 21-02-2008 13:52
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My dad said it could have been a a quall as he said they had stripes on them..
There is one other striped Tasmanian animal - though too small for this account - the Eastern Barred Bandicoot. [This message has been edited by Quollfan (edited 21-02-2008).] IP: Logged |
youcantryreachingme
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posted 06-04-2011 13:07
Hi Banker,would love you to get in touch to discuss in more detail. Could you contact me here?
http://bit.ly/contact-wlmd Chris. IP: Logged |
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