Posted on 05/30/2024 8:00:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
Thought the same when I saw the headline.
Be nice if this dopey writer would tell us why this particular beast went extinct.
The Tasmanian Tiger/thylacine was an apex predator in Tasmania. the sources of the history of that place talk about the humans there killing those and all the other predators they could find to eliminate the hunting competition because it never occurred to them that God designed all this to have a natural balance between predator/prey for the ecosystem to be healthy for humans and everything else.
An example of stupid from the article-”In one instance, a thylacine was reportedly shot near Adamsfield, Tasmania, in the early 1990s.”
You would have thought that by then, even ignorant people would have figured out that was not a good idea. Humans are supposed to manage this place to keep it balanced-not kill off what we don’t like just because. Every creature has its place in the natural world, whether we like it or not. I’m not a vegan-I was raised in the country, still live there and I hunt when I get the chance...
When a species of animals goes extinct, it's usually because all of them died.
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Dire Wolf possibility on Skinwalker Ranch
/crossing my fingers
Dire Wolf possibility on Skinwalker Ranch is more likely than any treasure.................
That would be great-to discover a species from the Ice Age that has adapted and survived. Create/set aside an area for it to live in before the predator-haters come around insisting on killing every last one because it is easier than improving their livestock fencing, etc. In this state, the ag dept will reimburse for predator loss as long as you have kept your fencing at the recommended height and in good repair, but I don’t know if Utah does that....
The science is settled. Now take your vaccine. :)
I don’t think treasure is being looked for on Skinwalker
ranch-the show on History channel has them looking for wormholes, aliens-whatever they think the govt has there...
I can hope.
:D
I would hope people would be so mind blown by real Dire Wolves trotting around that theyād have a modicum of respect for them.
Every time someone mentions cloning mastodons or wooly mammoths I root for Dire Wolves instead.
Currently Iām fascinated by the possibility thereās a huge impact crater.
Whatever is inside the mesa would be wildly ancient given the geologic time necessary for the mesa to form over it.
If the Dire Wolves would probably be easier, having so much DNA in common with a modern wolf, it would just be a matter of supersizing them by cloning-especially if they are already able to live in places like Utah-and canines adapt to new places pretty easily, too. Wooly mammoths would need a lot more room, so a big place would have to be set aside for them.
If the clones happened to be more like an ancient mammoth that needs the cold, plenty of hair, etc then fine-there is plenty of tundra with vegetation in Canada and Alaska that isn’t in use-but if they end up being like a modern elephant-no/little hair, likes warm places like Africa and India-then I would think that would be more of a problem-I doubt that the game preserves/sanctuaries in those two countries need any more elephants...
I thought about that, too-it would explain a lot of the magnetic weirdness there if it is an impact crater with a meteorite at the bottom of it.
Precisely!
Again, precisely.
Itās obvious by now, Iām sure, that I love this show.
In fact I love anything involving mysteries like this, especially electro-magnetic anomalies.
/long time huge fan of Alfred Watkins, too.
:D
I like the how, too-started watching it when the first episode/first season aired...
Same.
I hoping the electro-magnetic phenomenon of āearth lightsā comes into play.
Every time they digā something happensā which may indicate some kind friction or possibly even sonic vibrational thing is occurring which manifests itself as light emissions.
Iāve been reading books about so called āearth magicā since the 70s and those theories predate everything postulated on SR.
Imagine what could manifest if extraterrestrial rare elements, possibly even unknown elements were involved, vis a vis an incredibly ancient impact object from who knows where or when.
Plus Utah is known for its stunning and sometimes bizarre sandstone and that brings Piezoelectricity into the equation.
I want that aspect explored as well.
/sorry to keep yapping on. this is kinda my thing
Thereās been enough sightings and audio evidence of Ivory Billed Woodpeckers in the 00ās and more recently that I believe itās quite possible and indeed probable they are not extinct.
Of course, people overwhelm any area that are reported to be just to get a sighting.
A few years ago when we were out doing our monitoring, a Swallow-tailed Kite showed up, a vagrant in these parts. People ended up trespassing on a farmerās land, and damaged some of his crops to see the Kite. He was furious and told them to get off his property and donāt come back.
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