From June 30, 2018
These video clips, taken at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, preserve the memory of an animal that is now supposedly extinct–the thylacine, aka “Tasmanian tiger,” once upon a time the largest living marsupial carnivore. The last one died at the zoo in 1936.
Mr. Nature here, with an animal that I wish was still alive. And it may be. Over the years, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have claimed to have sighted living thylacines on the Australian mainland. Some of them back up their claims with videos, a few of which look quite convincing. So it’s possible there may be a few of them left, roaming the outback. The long, stiff tails, and the stripes along the back, are distinctive: no other animal has them.
Jack and Ellayne encountered a much larger version of a thylacine in Lintum Forest, carrying off, in its massive jaws, the front half of a knuckle-bear.
I don’t think God likes it when we kill off members of His creation.
But I also believe He’ll bring them back, someday, somewhere–if He hasn’t done it already, someplace where they’re safe from us.
What an amazing creature? Did you see that jaw? It looks like it could bite a knuckle-bear in half with little effort.
I can’t believe our Creator will forget any of His creation at the Restitution.
I think that’s exactly what it did.
Loved the way you ended that
I couldn’t help thinking how skinny they looked – like they never had enough food. Also, with the exception of the stripes and stiff tails, they look rather like a cross between a mountain lion and a dog.
I can see how the Tasmanian Tiger inspired a character in your book. Maybe some day scientists will be able to bring extinct animals back to life (I mean responsible scientists). I watched “Jurassic World” again yesterday in preparation of seeing “Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom” this coming week at the movie theater in 3-D.
Interesting creature… the Thylacine.
I tend to think that not all animals declared to be extinct are actually extinct, so much as they are rare. Back in my school days, I was told that there were no Jaguars in North America, but trail cameras have disproven this statement.
There is an ongoing dispute regarding whether or not Mountain Lions exist as a breeding population in the northeastern US. Numerous sightings have proven that Mountain Lions are present, but the powers that be insist they are transient. Even when photographic evidence of Mountain Lion cubs has been presented, these same self-appointed authorities insist that these are still, somehow, transient, and that there is no breeding population. Why are there such high stakes in admitting so much as the possibility that there is a breeding population in the NE? It’s ridiculous.
It is as if they are almost gleeful to declare extinction.
“You will be as gods”. The lie continues. They want to be gods.
Got that right.
This reminds me of the former cryptid, the wood bison. I say “former” cryptid, because long after they were declared extinct, a small herd was found in the northern Alberta boreal forest.
One of the requirements of the oil industry is that any land that gets used during extraction, such as the tailing ponds, must be returned to prior condition. When the wood bison were rediscovered, some areas were ready for reclamation. In consultation with local native reserves, it was decided not to replant it as boreal forest, but to create a more open environment specifically for the wood bison to recover their population. They are now thriving.
Wood bison are not the only animal thought extinct that was found again. Hopefully, there will be more.
God will preserve His creation, in the long run. I’ve heard murmurs that the Dodo may still exist.
From your mouth to God’s ears.
I’m confident that all that God purposed will be realized in the long run.