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Wow, I was just reading about Benjamin, the last known captive thylacine filmed in 1935 > https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-footage-benjamin-last-t

• RajT88 4y ago
  There are periodic sightings of them. Although not with high enough confidence or documentation to say definitely, "They are still out there".
  • jonny_eh 4y ago
    It's not plausible that such a large animal can have a self-sustaining population in the wild, and not be properly detected by the scientific community for 100 years.
    • RajT88 4y ago
      https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/extinct-thylacine-sightings/ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/extinc...
    • Zanni 4y ago
      Twelve animals thought to be extinct, some for hundreds, one for millions of years, before being rediscovered: https://www.treehugger.com/lazarus-species-extinct-animals-found-alive-4869279 https://www.treehugger.com/lazarus-species-extinct-animals-f...
      • jhbadger 4y ago
        Except that in general the "rediscovery" isn't something dramatic -- it's just a systematist in a lab looking at an animal known by many and realizing that it is the same species as fossilized/preserved specimens thought to be extinct rather than a common related species. That's quite different from finding a thylacine, an animal that couldn't be confused with anything else.
        • MichaelCollins 4y ago
          This seems like a very inaccurate summary of the examples given in that article.
          • jhbadger 4y ago
            Bermuda Petrel -- there are many nearly identical petrels, exactly the same to non-experts. Chacoan Peccary -- There are many wild pigs. Coelacanth -- Maybe the only real example of a "rediscovered species". But that's only because we know the oceans far less than we know the land. Lord Howe Island Stick Insect -- You've probably seen a stick insect like this yourself even if it is genetically different. La Palma Giant Lizard -- Same genus as Gallotia, a very common lizard on the Canary islands. Takahe -- It's the same genus as the swamp hen. To an non-expert, they are the same. Cuban Solenodon -- it looks like a common shrew to non-experts. New Caledonian Crested Gecko -- It's a geko. New Holland Mouse -- it's a mouse (not a marsupial, despite being native to Australia). Giant Palouse Earthworm -- It's an earthworm, although larger than normal. Large-Billed Reed-Warbler -- same genus as many other warblers, exactly the same to non-experts who don't measure the bill. Laotian Rock Rat -- It actually is of a unique genus, so more interesting than most of these examples, but still, it's a rodent not that different to the average person than other rodents.
    • mensetmanusman 4y ago
      One might be greatly overestimating the number of scientist per hectare.
      • wruza 4y ago
        Otoh, there is a huge reward for capturing a living thylacine.
    • mkl 4y ago
      In 1910 someone tried to introduce moose into a remote corner of New Zealand [1]. They haven't been seen since 1952, but seem to still be out there, as hair was found in 2002. If things as big as moose can hide a self-sustaining population in a small corner of New Zealand, thylacines could plausibly hide in Australia or Tasmania. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose#New_Zealand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose#New_Zealand
    • Tao3300 4y ago
      Scientists haven't managed to find a sasquatch yet, and those are even bigger.
    • emmelaich 4y ago
      It is very unlikely -- however have you been to Tasmania? Some parts are well-nigh impenetrable due to thick bush.
  • Apocryphon 4y ago
    Not exciting enough for the cryptozoologists to track