Comments on: Extinct Quoll Rediscovered on Mainland?

By: youcantryreachingme

youcantryreachingme — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:51:21 +0000

kittenz - it may be understandable that a mainland Eastern quoll sighting is treated with much less “hostility” - but possibly not just because they are still common in Tasmania.

Mainland Eastern quolls haven’t been confirmed on the mainland in 43 years (compared to the thylacine’s 70) and the Eastern quoll is about the size of a small cat, whilst the thylacine is about the size of a dog.

All the same, credible thylacine sightings are investigated too.

By: youcantryreachingme

youcantryreachingme — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:35:39 +0000

I totally missed this article on Cryptomundo! (but I caught the original at the Gazette)

Shortly after this article was published I wrote short piece about my own background with Eastern quolls, and presently I have just finished a new article summarising my own search for the Eastern quoll - just this weekend - at the same location reported by Nicole Palmer.

A word of warning though - unsurprisingly, I didn’t find any! But my capacity to search on foot was also somewhat limited.

Nevertheless, the bird life in the world famous Wollemi National Park is amazing!

Chris

By: drypondscout

drypondscout — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:35:15 +0000

And once again a faint flicker for the Tazzie Tiger, Just Maybe.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:18:13 +0000

“cor2879 Says:

I find it interesting that the officials seem so much less hostile about this sighting than they would be over a Tasmanian Tiger sighting.”

I think that such a mindset is understandable to an extent. After all, eastern quolls are still common on the island of Tasmania, but the thylacine is considered to be extinct everywhere.

By: Lee Pierce

Lee Pierce — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:11:29 +0000

Seems to me that these days new species, and species previously thought extinct are being discovered and re-discovered at a greater rate than any time in history. Causes-Global Warming-Destruction of Rainforests-More interest in this sort of thing-End Times around the corner. Anyone have thoughts on this. Loren, what do you think?

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:25:34 +0000

Cor2879, I was thinking excactly the same thing. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

By: cor2879

cor2879 — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:45:51 +0000

I find it interesting that the officials seem so much less hostile about this sighting than they would be over a Tasmanian Tiger sighting.

By: jasonpix6

jasonpix6 — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:52:17 +0000

That’s great news. Megamouth shark, ivory billed woodpecker,and the coelacanth, just to name a few, were all thought to have gone extinct. There are all kinds of animals around the world that only live in certain places and found NOWHERE else on the planet. Can you imagine how many things have not been discovered in the Congo, the jungles of Indonesia, and even our own national forests. And if creatures only thrive in those locations, the only way they will ever be discovered is if SOMEONE GOES IN THERE TO FIND THEM.

By: planettom

planettom — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:41:55 +0000

Wonderful news! Hopefully they can photographic evidence, and of course we want protection for them! This gives me hope for the thylacine yet!

By: Ohio Cryptonut

Ohio Cryptonut — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:25:16 +0000

Cool Man! The discovery of any cryptid is great, but finding the creatures we though we killed off…even better in my book.