Thylacine Myth - can we find it?

Do you think the thylacine still exists?

A very moving video. I'm sad I never had the opportunity to see one, yet always hopeful there is a tiger colony out there somewhere on our island. These tigers have fascinated me since I was young and I used to go to the museum here in Launceston and look at the displays in the little dioramas they had set up in the darkened hall of what is now the art gallery. I remember seeing the little tiger preserved in the glass jar. I show my granddaughter the tigers now at the new museum at Inveresk and she too gets sad and she is only 3. What a loss for us all.

I don’t think they exist anymore but it’s difficult to prove 100%. I wish people back then had thought more about the longer term consequences of what they were doing to our native species. It’s very sad. Thank you once again Angus for your thought provoking video.

Your are a true poet and storyteller. I love everyone of your videos

My Grandmother told me of when her parents would take her and her brothers and sisters to the Zoo & they'd see the Thylacine in Tassie!!

(1) @4.50 I hadn't realised how strongly the Thylacine face had marsupial features. It has a broad kangaroo nose and possum eyes, yet also has similarities to a dingo face when view in other images. (2) There is a certain Fermi Paradox about not being able to find a live Thylacine in the extraordinarily vast expanse of densely vegetated west coast country that never sees any human intrusion. (3) I have heard that there is an accepted agreement among biological scientists that if a thylacine was sighted, its location would not be disclosed for fear of a stampede to see it. Thanks again for a great story and some deep philosophy too.

My dad saw the last thylacine at the domain zoo

Sad they're extinct. Unfortunately we've learned nothing and the critically endangered swift parrot will be next because their breeding grounds are being destroyed by logging. Humans are truly the worst creatures on the planet.

Sad story, must also be noted that the TM lost the remains for many years (80?) were found in a draw!

So so sad. We often say we hope some are hiding out in the deep south far from prying eyes. And if they are, I hope they're never found. Great story again Angus. Thank you!

I swear there was black and white footage of that last Thylacine pacing in it's cage with scratchy, 1930s audio, put to air on local tv, but i can only find it with out of place music over it on YT. Unless the TV broadcast fabricated the sound, that's a bit of a mystery.

I really hate Zoos like this one, just to small enclosures for large animals its very sad how we have to keep exotic animals for our own pleasure.

The new Tassie Footy team should be called the Thylacines…

It's more important that ppl accept the lesson that once you destroy something unique it can never be brought back than it be cloned back into existence through science.

You will never find me alive said he.

That was such a sad video mate. Thanks for making it though.

I saw an exhibition at TMAG years ago, I vaguely remember an audio recording of a Tasmanian Tiger being part of it. I don't think they still exist and I don't think we should be trying to clone/bring them back. We are seemingly unable to keep the species that are still here alive.

The loss of the Thylacine Tiger was unfortunate and unforgivable. Thank you for a great vlog

Just another reason our parents knew too little, too late. Another great video as well. Thanks heaps.

The Tasmanian emu would be a good subject for you too.