We Found a Thylacine-YouTube report

[kraftykarl]

I’ve just seen this, waiting with interest.

[vincent]

So where are the photos? Why did he not copy those images, and show them online? The only thing we have in this video is a lot of talking head.

[kraftykarl]

Feb 23, 2021 0:12:27 GMT 10 vincent said:

So where are the photos? Why did he not copy those images, and show them online? The only thing we have in this video is a lot of talking head.

And he’s got a beer in his hand and seems a bit merry. Understandable if true but fuel for cynics either way. Perhaps he’s trying to respect scientific protocol...I know

[dennisw]

I know that I would have released some images instead of just talking about it, if the images are not clear he might have wanted them certified before release but I would have published at least some to ensure that they don't get lost or stolen.

[kraftykarl]

Feb 23, 2021 10:31:44 GMT 10 dennisw said:

I know that I would have released some images instead of just talking about it, if the images are not clear he might have wanted them certified before release but I would have published at least some to ensure that they don't get lost or stolen.

There’s no way on the planet a Thylacine research group would not have a backup of any evidence they might have. I don’t think they did themselves any favours announcing it after a beer or two though, no matter how well deserved it might be.

Personally I’m happy that it’s a research group that might have got the evidence, they’ll be keen to get the evidence out there and get the credit they might deserve. I have no reason to disbelieve that they believe in what they say they have lol. It’s either true in their eyes or........those beers

[Ian Thomas]

Shucks. But at least they got a marsupial 🦘

No, the Tasmanian tiger has not been rediscovered
February 23, 2021
www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/no-the-tasmanian-tiger-has-not-been-re-discovered-20210223-p5755i.html
“Nick Mooney has concluded, that based on the physical characteristics shown in the photos provided by Mr Waters, the animals are very unlikely to be thylacines, and are most likely Tasmanian pademelons,” a museum spokesman said.

Pademelon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pademelon

[Ian Thomas]

For some unknown reason ... I'm not persuaded 🐾

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[dennisw]

I am not convinced and think a little pareidolia is creeping in, but then the guy does have sponsors and if he wants funding to continue he has to have some news.

[vincent]

That pademelon photo reminds me of Little Abner's shmoos.

The Shmoo first appeared in the strip in August 1948. According to Shmoo legend, the lovable creature laid eggs, gave milk and died of sheer esctasy when looked at with hunger. The Shmoo loved to be eaten and tasted like any food desired. Anything that delighted people delighted a Shmoo. Fry a Shmoo and it came out chicken. Broil it and it came out steak. Shmoo eyes made terrific suspender buttons. The hide of the Shmoo if cut thin made fine leather and if cut thick made the best lumber. Shmoo whiskers made splendid toothpicks. The Shmoo satisfied all the world’s wants. You could never run out of Shmoon (plural of Shmoo) because they multiplied at such an incredible rate. The Shmoo believed that the only way to happiness was to bring happiness to others. Li’l Abner discovered Shmoos when he ventured into the forbidden Valley of the Shmoon, against the frantic protestations of Ol’ Man Mose. “Shmoos,” he warned, “is the greatest menace to hoomanity th’ world has evah known.” “Thass becuz they is so bad, huh?” asked Li’l Abner. “No, stupid,” answered Mose, hurling one of life’s profoundest paradoxes at Li’l Abner. “It’s because they’re so good!”

Ironically, the lovable and selfless Shmoos ultimately brought misery to humankind because people with a limitless supply of self-sacrificing Shmoos stopped working and society broke down. Seen at first as a boon to humankind, they were ultimately hunted down and exterminated to preserve the status quo. (Thought extinct after the 1948 adventure, one Shmoo always seemed to escape to Dogpatch’s Valley of the Shmoon to form a new colony and a later plot revival by Capp).

lil-abner.com/the-shmoo/