Posted on 04/02/2005 5:47:25 PM PST by blam
Well, if there was one alive, it will be dead by June 30th.
Not true. Marsupials, placentals and monotremes broke off long before the canine and feline lines branched off from placentals. What we're talking about is a case of parallel evolution.
The thylacine is a marsupial and a relative of the Tasmanian devil -- and has no connection with either canines or felines. If it's not extinct, it's a nasty creature with a foul personality. Treat it with respect.
Will be cool if they really find a live one.
Where does the fox fit in. I've read that the fox is genetically closer to cats than it is to dogs.
Forgive me, but however rare, that's not much of a tiger.
And aren't the interior of the bones or rather the internal bone structures (marrow, density etc) of the fox closer to humans than canines?
That is pretty stupid. It can't be harmed if it doesn't exist. I'm sure trapping permits aren't free.
Wow!
There was a thread earlier about the extinct mega tiger, a prehistoric thylacine species.
I've read quite a few reports about people who have sighted them, most are questionable, but a few are from trained zoologists who are very familiar with the local biology.
I'm betting they still exist, there are large areas of really back country there. But I tend to think they are not in NZ, it would seem the sheep farmers would be about the first to know if they were there.
In terms of evolution, mustelids (weasels) begat civets, which begat felines, which begat the hyena line.
Canines, ursines (bears) and the raccoon line separated quite recently in terms of paleontology.
One real surprise. Mustelids begat pinnipeds (seals) with one significant exception. The Wedell seal of Antarctica has an ursine ancestor, not a mustelid ancestor, which means it's not a true pinniped.
Ah yes of course...parallel evolution.... (theory)
LOL
Most people are quite surprised when I tell them the closest relative to the hound is the bear.
Then they think about it, and see the similarities.
Heck, when I take my mutt out, if the berries are on the vine, he will sit and munch blackberries for a while!
He also loves peas and carrots.
Won't touch rhubarb or onions.
My Chocolate Lab loves my tomatoes when they are green (1-2 a day); the day he quits getting my birds, no more tomatoes for him. My sister used to have a Dachshund that would crack and eat pecans on our patio by the bushel.
Never tried giving him green tomatoes, I usually save ALL the tomatoes for me!
Heck, maybe he'll eat them. I'll try it.
No, no, no, it's the first picture not the second. That pic is of our former Vice President and true, he's not much of a tiger. ;^)
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Three from William Corliss:
The Return Of The Tasmanian Tiger
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf043/sf043p08.htm
Tigers in western australia?
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf046/sf046p10.htm
Extinction Discounted
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf069/sf069b06.htm
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