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Lately, there has been a buzz about the existence of a certain long accepted to be extinct species. The Tasmanian tiger is no longer alive. The reports of Its long-term survival have been greatly exaggerated.
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The massive marsupial creatures known scientifically as thylacines, which looked more like wild dogs than tigers, spread across Tasmania and the Australian mainland, were declared extinct in 1936. The president of the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, Neil Waters, promised definitive photographic evidence of a surviving thylacine on Feb. 23. He reported the four images showed a family of thylacines traveling through thick brush, including a juvenile. The news sparked a frenzy of enthusiasm among wildlife enthusiasts.
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A COUPLE of weeks ago, I got sucked down an internet rabbit hole – or should I say tiger trap? It arrived in the form of a tantalising video of a man claiming to have rediscovered a charismatic animal that officially went extinct in 1936. Speaking from a small town in northern Tasmania, Neil Waters, president of the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, claimed he had camera-trap footage of what he said were three thylacines, aka Tasmanian tigers. The pictures were being assessed by an expert at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, he … Continue reading
Tasmanian Tigers Are Extinct. Why Do People Keep Seeing Them?
Quirks of the human mind and how we process information might explain the uncanny appearances of thylacines.
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, a large, predatory marsupial that ranged across Tasmania and Australia, was declared extinct in 1936.Credit.The Picture Art Collection/Alamy
By Asher Elbein
The Tasmanian tiger is still extinct. Reports of its enduring survival are greatly exaggerated.
Known officially to science as a thylacine, the large marsupial predators, which looked more like wild dogs than tigers and ranged across Tasmania and the Australia mainland, were declared extinct in 1936. But on Feb. 23, Neil Waters, president of the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, promised conclusive photographic proof of a surviving thylacine. The four photos, he claimed, showed a family of thylacines, including a juvenile, moving through dense brush. The announcement kicked off a flurry of excitement among wildlife a