Thylacine was headed towards extinction
ShepherdsDog @ Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:53 pm
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42318444
Seems that the thylacine was on the way out even without our help. The cheetah is in the same boat due to poor genetics too.
Also interesting -
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The scientists found that thylacine skulls bore similarities to the grey wolf and red fox, despite the animals not sharing a common ancestor since the Jurassic period.
"Given the two species are so distantly related, the fact they have skulls almost indistinguishable from one another is incredibly amazing," Dr Pask said.
He called it an exceptional example of convergent evolution - where species which are not closely related evolve to look similar.
"Given the two species are so distantly related, the fact they have skulls almost indistinguishable from one another is incredibly amazing," Dr Pask said.
He called it an exceptional example of convergent evolution - where species which are not closely related evolve to look similar.
DrCaleb @ Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:04 pm
I still never got why the Aussies called a dog a 'tiger'. ![[huh]](./images/smilies/icon_scratch.gif "huh?"){kind=icon}
And they always looked like a cartoon character to me. Never quite right.
ShepherdsDog @ Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:20 pm
The stripes I guess, but then again it's not a dog either, even though it was also called a Tasmanian wolf too. It's a possum on steroids.
DrCaleb @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:30 am
Yea, a wolf is closer. I think it's the elongated torso, and rib cage. Makes it look like one of those T-rex in museums that look like they shouldn't have been so large with such a fragile midsection.
Like if the Taz Tiger ever got into a full gallop, they'd break in half. And a marsupial to boot! Odd animal. But Australia is full of those.
ShepherdsDog @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:42 am
They're called Australians. 
DrCaleb @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:02 am
Right!
Thanos @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:28 am
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
They're called Australians.
aka the common bogan.
ccga3359 @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:12 am
What am I going to do when the rash on my frontal middle-mid section comes back and there's no more Thylacene left on the shelf?
DrCaleb @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:15 am
ccga3359 ccga3359:
What am I going to do when the rash on my frontal middle-mid section comes back and there's no more Thylacene left on the shelf?
Stop hanging around the docks when the fleet is in?
herbie @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:13 am
ccga3359 ccga3359:
What am I going to do when the rash on my frontal middle-mid section comes back and there's no more Thylacene left on the shelf?
Wire brush and Dettol.
CharlesAnthony @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:45 am
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
The cheetah is in the same boat due to poor genetics too.
LOL Evolution! The science-fiction that keeps on giving and taking!
DrCaleb @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:54 am
CharlesAnthony CharlesAnthony:
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
The cheetah is in the same boat due to poor genetics too.
LOL Evolution! The science-fiction that keeps on giving and taking!
Shhh! Adults are talking here.
You know that evolution is not only seen directly in science, it's also chartable through DNA? No, of course not, that would require informing yourself.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... eationist/
ShepherdsDog @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:58 am
Well, with a family tree that doesn't fork, his DNA should be fairly easy to trace.....it also explains a fair bit about his posting.
DrCaleb @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:07 pm
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
Well, with a family tree that doesn't fork, his DNA should be fairly easy to trace.....it also explains a fair bit about his posting.
He seems to like science fiction though, after it creates the computer he's using and the Internet.
Strutz @ Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:37 pm
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
Yea, a wolf is closer. I think it's the elongated torso, and rib cage. Makes it look like one of those T-rex in museums that look like they shouldn't have been so large with such a fragile midsection.
Like if the Taz Tiger ever got into a full gallop, they'd break in half. And a marsupial to boot! Odd animal. But Australia is full of those.
Like if the Taz Tiger ever got into a full gallop, they'd break in half. And a marsupial to boot! Odd animal. But Australia is full of those.
Some similarities to a hyena too. Interesting critter for sure.