Thylacoleo carnifex

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It doesn't mean any senses how an apex predator that remained hidden for many hundred years as there are no competitors beside the tiger wolf and dingoes (althrough I doubt they would take on a Thylacoleo) and leaves no traces behind. You would think that Thylacoleo populations should increasing as there are more megafauna to prey on. (Camels, cattle, feral hogs etc)....yet there are problems with herbivores (including large kangaroos) being overpopulating in some areas, suggests that there are no Thylacoleo prey on them. Heck even feral sheep/goats existed there as they are easy prey items, yet nobody made a meal out of them beside the dingoes, pythons and eagles.
 
Just search for Queensland Tiger. Its a fact that a large predator is in the outback. But its not clear what it is. Thylacoleo? Panther? Leopard? Tiger?
[video=youtube;RhmLWIcKLOo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhmLWIcKLOo[/video]
 
So they shows a "track" in the water and a very old skeleton?
 
I did not say its Thylacoleo, it could be a big felidae. But would be interesting to know which one. I guess Leopard.

On a sidenote, do you think Thylacines do still exist on Tasmania? There are pretty often sightings.
 
how do you know the tracks are not a dingo or other dog species the tip claw that would indicate dogd could easily be obscured in mud. and the skeleton looks like it was killed by a broken neck, which is exactly how wedge tailed eagles attack larger prey.
 
wantokeeptrout said:
how do you know the tracks are not a dingo or other dog species the tip claw that would indicate dogd could easily be obscured in mud. and the skeleton looks like it was killed by a broken neck, which is exactly how wedge tailed eagles attack larger prey.
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Sorry but i don´t see an eagle attacking dozens of cows in one night.
 
DariusAmurdarja said:
Sorry but i don´t see an eagle attacking dozens of cows in one night.
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i don't see any modern predator attacking 12 very large animals at the same time, even pack hunters kill only what they need, which is a single individual. if these cows are dying over a few days it might be because the kill is disposed of so the predator needs to kill another cow, and so on...
 
We have no idea how that animal died in the video as it was old skeleton, probably died few months or even a year ago as there are no any tissues left on the skeleton.

As for the mystery felid in Austrialia was probably either a leopard or a black leopard, most likely escaped from that zoo along with giraffes, zebras and pymgy hippo. But I could use some evidence before I come to the concluision.

IMO you have better chances to rediscovered a tiger wolf in mainland than Tasmania.
 
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