Thylacines (Tasmanian Tiger / Wolf): Misc.

[catseye]

the museum is known locally, and affectionately, as "the Dead Zoo"

You've just reminded me that my daughter used to call the procession of skeletons in the museum in Oxford the 'Noah's Ark of Death'.

 

[RaM]

Put this on here as I thought anyone interested would see it first

Dmax channel 39 9pm tonight Extinct or Alive Tasmanian Tiger
it seems part 2 or something else about the same is on right after
this.

 

[Tunn11]

Put this on here as I thought anyone interested would see it first

Dmax channel 39 9pm tonight Extinct or Alive Tasmanian Tiger
it seems part 2 or something else about the same is on right after
this.

A search on the mainland in the second programme.

I find him rather irritating, a lot of self promotion and the air of a schoolmaster wanting to dictate everything to everyone else on the "expeditions". The one about the Florida ABC annoyed me as he fixated on it being the black wolf despite an experienced colleague telling him he had seen a felid; as "wolves were known to have existed in Florida and black cats weren't."

Seems I'm not the only critic;
https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/articles/damage-forrest-galante-conservation-biology

 

[oldrover]

A search on the mainland in the second programme.

I find him rather irritating, a lot of self promotion and the air of a schoolmaster wanting to dictate everything to everyone else on the "expeditions". The one about the Florida ABC annoyed me as he fixated on it being the black wolf despite an experienced colleague telling him he had seen a felid; as "wolves were known to have existed in Florida and black cats weren't."

Seems I'm not the only critic;
https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/articles/damage-forrest-galante-conservation-biology

There are several concerns about Gallante, as highlighted in this article written by Branden Holmes, author, researcher, founder of the Recently extinct plants and Animals Database, and comedy chef:

https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/articles/damage-forrest-galante-conservation-biology#:~:text=There are a number of,tortoise and Rio Apaporis caiman

For some reason the link takes you to the middle of the page.

 

[Tunn11]

There are several concerns about Gallante, as highlighted in this article written by Branden Holmes, author, researcher, founder of the Recently extinct plants and Animals Database, and comedy chef:

https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/articles/damage-forrest-galante-conservation-biology#:~:text=There are a number of,tortoise and Rio Apaporis caiman

For some reason the link takes you to the middle of the page.

Umm! Actually that's a link to the same site.

I turned this up as well which is critical:
https://undark.org/2020/03/04/colombia-reptile-parachute-science-forrest-galante/

Frankly it was mainly his TV persona which I found annoying. However it seems his methods are pretty dubious to say the least.

A pity when we have serious efforts being made by people like our own @lordmongrove and the CFZ. Imagine what they might achieve with the funding given Galante and his crew.

 

[oldrover]

Umm! Actually that's a link to the same site.

I turned this up as well which is critical:
https://undark.org/2020/03/04/colombia-reptile-parachute-science-forrest-galante/

Frankly it was mainly his TV persona which I found annoying. However it seems his methods are pretty dubious to say the least.

A pity when we have serious efforts being made by people like our own @lordmongrove and the CFZ. Imagine what they might achieve with the funding given Galante and his crew.

Oh yeah. Sorry.

I could say more but I don't think it'd be appropriate as I couldn't name the people whose opinions I'd be describing, but we're not alone in not being fans.

 

[Tunn11]

It's a shame as the programmes were about some lesser known critters (Apart from the Thylacines) which is a change from the hysterical "Bigfoot ate my hamster" fare we usually get which probably does more harm than good.

It was Galante's persona (or TV persona) that I found irritating. The criticism on that site is far more serious than that and maybe his methods, if this is true, are not going to help the cause of serioius cryptozoology.

What a pity.

 

[Sharon Hill]

It's a shame as the programmes were about some lesser known critters (Apart from the Thylacines) which is a change from the hysterical "Bigfoot ate my hamster" fare we usually get which probably does more harm than good.

It was Galante's persona (or TV persona) that I found irritating. The criticism on that site is far more serious than that and maybe his methods, if this is true, are not going to help the cause of serioius cryptozoology.

What a pity.

Galante doesn't align himself with cryptozoologists that I've ever seen. And I'd bet that he never would.

 

[oldrover]

Galante doesn't align himself with cryptozoologists that I've ever seen. And I'd bet that he never would.

I think there's a case to suggest that he's not aligning himself with mainstream science either, and presenting an 'individual' interpretation of what he's doing for a light entertainment programme. I'm not sure I'd be able to tell the difference myself.

 

[oldrover]

It's a shame as the programmes were about some lesser known critters (Apart from the Thylacines) which is a change from the hysterical "Bigfoot ate my hamster" fare we usually get which probably does more harm than good.

It was Galante's persona (or TV persona) that I found irritating. The criticism on that site is far more serious than that and maybe his methods, if this is true, are not going to help the cause of serioius cryptozoology.

What a pity.

I'm not sure that what he's doing isn't much more insidious than any of that.

 

[lordmongrove]

New book on the Tasmanian Wolf with masses of contibuters including an essay by me on why i think the thylacine still exists..
https://www.nhbs.com/thylacine-the-...fUxiVOoWunUuzM0j2uZS-aiQ0FJ7mkaZBBtJ1mzwxdsCI

 

[lordmongrove]

Short film on the Tasmanian wolf.

 

[lordmongrove]

Resurrecting the thylacine? I think it still exists.