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Searching for Tasmanian devils - in Victoria |
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WLMD is proud to announce a new project - the search for Tasmanian devils on mainland Australia.
Most people aren't aware that at least 5 Tasmanian devils have been collected in Victoria between 1903 and 1991.
Debbie Hynes of thylacoleo.com and I are teaming up for the search and have launched a new website at mainlanddevils.com to report our progress. |
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 Do you know your rare Australian carnivorous marsupials?
Take the Carnivorous Marsupial Challenge!
You can win a copy of Craig Heinselman's latest book - Elementum Bestia - which contains my chapter, "In Search of Rare Carnivorous Marsupials: An Examination of the Evidence for Their Survival".
Competition closes 31 August 2007 AEST. |
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Elementum Bestia - complete! |
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 Elementum Bestia - latest tome in the library of cryptozoology - is released!
My conribution to the piece is titled "In Search of Rare Carnivorous Marsupials: An Examination of the Evidence for Their Survival".
This book is being released in printed format at cost price, US$11.99 plus shipping costs. |
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 30th November 1934 - gale force winds and torrential rains sank the steamship Coramba off the coast of Victoria, but they also flooded out Healesville Sancturay.
We have already discounted there being live thylacines at the Sanctuary at this time, but what about Tasmanian devils? Can we revist Debbie Hynes' theory - this time with devils in mind? |
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With thanks to Dr Sleightholme, Project Director (UK) of the International Thylacine Specimen Database (ITSD), new information is provided concerning the MacKenzie specimen collection.
As a result, it is not likely that MacKenzie released thylacines onto mainland Australia. Read on to find out more... |
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Speculation abounds about a supposed "Thylacine Preservation Society" which is said to have procured and released a number of thylacines on the mainland. Release theories abound in an almost cloak-and-dagger shroud of mystery.
Debbie Hynes of thylacoleo.com has taken a fresh look at the available facts and put together a new theory on how thylacines may have reached the mainland, with or without the TPS... |
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Geocaching to save devils |
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News has just come to me of a geocaching challange about to commence on November 10th. Apart from having fun, the aim is "to raise awareness of the plight of the Tasmanian Devil".
Go to the Devils in Danger game rules to learn more about the game, learn more about devils, contribute financially to devil research and for extra links to useful devil information. |
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A recent article highlights a disease affecting Tasmanian platypus, but not mainland platypus.
What are the implications for research on the Devil Facial Tumour Disease? |
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In Terri Irwin's interview with Ray Martin, screened in Australia tonight, she made brief mention of the plight of the world's largest remaining marsupial carnivore - the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).
You may be able to help save this precious species from extinction. Especially if you've seen one in the wild - on the mainland. Yes. Seriously. |
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