Have you ever heard of the Thylacine?

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The thylacine is a carnivore marsupial that used to live in Tasmania. Used to. The specie became extinct when the last specimen died in a zoo after being exposed to bad wheather, in 1936. It's a shame that the last one had to die that way.

Some people believe that the thylacine (or Tassie Tiger) is still in the Tasmanian wilderness. But no one has seen a dead or alive tiger in 50 years.



They became extinct because they were hunted by men for their fur. I cant believe how sad their story is.

But recently there have been talks about cloning a Tassie Tiger. Apparently one cub has been preserved in the Australian Museum for ages. If they took a cell cloning would be possible as it has been conserved in a jar of alcohol since the 1880's (and luckily not in a formalinjar as formalin would have destroyed the DNA).

They dont know about cloning it yet. The Australian museum knows that their experiment could be a total failure and they dont want to risk their valuable pup.

I wish they did it, and that it worked. This thylacine looks like a fabulous creature from fairy books, like a unicorn.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Australia has the freakiest creatures, would be nice if they could bring this one back.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is very interesting, islandgurl. I've never heard of one of these, but it certainly looks very unique. This article reminds me of Jurassic Park.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Danny, i know! like the tasmanian devil, the dingo, the emu, etc, etc... They've got heaps of wicked species

Tex, i thought of Jurassic Park too. But at least these creatures are not as threatning. When they got captured they wouldnt fight back and kind of died instantly from shock. Doesnt that sound pathetic, how cruel mankind is?
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
We do don't we. Platypus, numbat, tasmanian tiger, tasmanian devil - that's a pretty weird one.

Dingoes and crocodiles who steal babies

We have two of the most deadly spiders and a few of the most venomous snakes

Come visit - Great place to be
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
trina you forgot the white sharks and jellyfish. Of course the list goes on and on...

Australia rocks!

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
and the blue ringed octopus - you don't want to meet him
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Blue ringed octopus is definetely a no-no in your meeting list...

I like the cute tassie tiger better, except that he's extinct!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Why yes, I have heard of the thylacine! Believe it or not, I read about it in a comic book. It looked cool there, too.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
In a comic book??? that's pretty unusual? What was the comic book about? Was our tiger a good or bad character???
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
It was in an issue of "Badger", which was a book about a multiple-personality martial arts expert and his friend/employer, an 11th-century druid who could control the weather.
The Badger (the martial artist) went on a mission to (supposedly) help save a thylacine which had been spotted in the wild by a group of conservationists. On the way he ran into The Wombat, an Aussie hero. Eventually the thylacine is spotted, the "conservationist" group turns out to be some demon-worshippers who need to extinctify an animal for their dark ritual, and the Badger beats them all up and lets the thylacine run free again.

The Badger has long since ceased publication, unfortunately. This issue was probably from 1989 or so. (Badger #15, published by First! Comics, written by Mike Baron, illustrated by Bill Reinhold.)
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wow, Amazing citahellion! Where on earth did you find that comic book? It must be worth a fortune today!
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
I bought it when it came out. I've got 8 storage boxes of old comics. And I still follow a couple of series, although at rather irregular purchasing intervals.
Today that particular issue is probably worth about $5 to $10, compared to its list of $2.25 or so....
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
$5 to 10... cool! So if you store it properly and keep it for another 50 years it might be worth some significant amount!
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
Cute!
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
LeapingLizard - Cute yep! It would be so good to have these creatures back...