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Ruby Ticket: Tessa the Thylacine

I've decided to commemorate a species that has passed -- the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, the Tassie tiger and the Tasmanian wolf. smile The thylacine looked a little bit like a big dog, but it was actually a marsupial, like a kangaroo, and it could stand on its hind legs when it wanted to. Although it became extinct because humans blamed it for killing sheep in Tasmania, thylacines were also kept as pets sometimes, and they actually made excellent guardians and companions if they were treated well.

Sweet Talk Tether is working on some mocks for me, which I will post here when they're done.

In the meantime, Jiji-da-ponytaku did a fanart:



Here's an actual photo of a thylacine. Isn't it cute?

Submitted: 28 September 2016

Couture Fall Dye Ticket: Valiska's Twilight Palace
Recolour of Anuket's Palace


Mocks by Stanford Condition
Submitted: 22 October 2016
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Never thought I'd see a Tassie Tiger on Gaia emotion_kirakira
Can't wait to see this item when it comes out! I hope it's everything you want!

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Ohhh the Tasmanian Tiger ~ I'm actually excited to see this ! I can't wait <3

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Never thought I'd see a Tassie Tiger on Gaia emotion_kirakira
Can't wait to see this item when it comes out! I hope it's everything you want!

Thanks! They're my favourite animal and I hope there are still a few of them out there, even though they can't prove any of the sightings.

To the best of our knowledge, the last one died in 1936. There are frequent sightings in the wild, but nobody has been able to get a good picture or find incontrovertible evidence that they are still alive. I would like to believe that they are. Although the thylacine resembles a dog, it's actually a marsupial, like a kangaroo or a wallaby. They lived in Australia 2000 years ago, but they died out on the mainland and by the time white people came to Australia they were only plentiful in Tasmania. They were shy animals who hunted at night and almost never attacked humans (only two incidents were ever recorded, both involving old, sick animals, and the various accounts of each incident differ enough to sound rather like urban legends).

When caught, they were fairly easy to tame, and some people kept them as pets, but not nearly enough to keep the species alive, particularly given the prejudice against them.

Unfortunately, they fell victim to a campaign of extermination in the late 19th century because it was believed that they killed sheep and poultry. Sometimes they did; however, historical records show that the vast majority of sheep and poultry were killed by wild dogs, not thylacines.




(Source for most of the facts: The Last Tasmanian Tiger by Robert Paddle, Cambridge University Press. You can also learn a lot about thylacines here: http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/ and you can see a lot of cute videos of them.)

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Ohhh the Tasmanian Tiger ~ I'm actually excited to see this ! I can't wait <3

Excellent! I couldn't believe that there wasn't one already, they are so cool. I may have overwhelmed the poor Gaia staff in my ticket submission with links and links and links to sites about them, pictures and videos of them, and art that I like of them smile

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Excellent! I couldn't believe that there wasn't one already, they are so cool. I may have overwhelmed the poor Gaia staff in my ticket submission with links and links and links to sites about them, pictures and videos of them, and art that I like of them smile

They are very interesting creatures ! Pretty cute creatures if you ask me ~ I'm surprised Gaia hasn't thought about it. Well, at least they know 100% for sure what you want ! xD

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Excellent! I couldn't believe that there wasn't one already, they are so cool. I may have overwhelmed the poor Gaia staff in my ticket submission with links and links and links to sites about them, pictures and videos of them, and art that I like of them smile

They are very interesting creatures ! Pretty cute creatures if you ask me ~ I'm surprised Gaia hasn't thought about it. Well, at least they know 100% for sure what you want ! xD

That was the idea!


http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/captivity/films/flv/film_4.htm

I think it's particularly cute in this video smile

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Excellent! I couldn't believe that there wasn't one already, they are so cool. I may have overwhelmed the poor Gaia staff in my ticket submission with links and links and links to sites about them, pictures and videos of them, and art that I like of them smile

They are very interesting creatures ! Pretty cute creatures if you ask me ~ I'm surprised Gaia hasn't thought about it. Well, at least they know 100% for sure what you want ! xD

BTW, noticed your sig. Butters was awful cute, I do hope that you can get your ticket too.

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That was the idea!


http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/captivity/films/flv/film_4.htm

I think it's particularly cute in this video smile

Ughhh, yes it is ! I watched all these little clips. They certainly were cute ~ I dunno, they look like a cat/ dog combo to me !

She was so precious, even when she was being naughty ! Thank you so much <3

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That was the idea!


http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/captivity/films/flv/film_4.htm

I think it's particularly cute in this video smile

Ughhh, yes it is ! I watched all these little clips. They certainly were cute ~ I dunno, they look like a cat/ dog combo to me !

She was so precious, even when she was being naughty ! Thank you so much <3

They have a lot of cat and dog traits, they're just so cute! I can't believe we stupid humans killed them all. sad Some of the books I have talked about people keeping them as pets, I wish there had been more loving and petting and less killing.

Kitties are always precious, sometimes especially when they're naughty.

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They have a lot of cat and dog traits, they're just so cute! I can't believe we stupid humans killed them all. sad Some of the books I have talked about people keeping them as pets, I wish there had been more loving and petting and less killing.

Kitties are always precious, sometimes especially when they're naughty.

Ugh, yes stupid humans ! What was the stupid reason for killing them off again ? I was wondering, if a few people kept them as pets. Did they ever think to breed them ? o: This world needs more love. In my opinion loving is easier and good for ones soul !

Yes ~ Especially when they know they are wrong !

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They have a lot of cat and dog traits, they're just so cute! I can't believe we stupid humans killed them all. sad Some of the books I have talked about people keeping them as pets, I wish there had been more loving and petting and less killing.

Kitties are always precious, sometimes especially when they're naughty.

Ugh, yes stupid humans ! What was the stupid reason for killing them off again ? I was wondering, if a few people kept them as pets. Did they ever think to breed them ? o: This world needs more love. In my opinion loving is easier and good for ones soul !

Yes ~ Especially when they know they are wrong !

They were believed by farmers to kill sheep, though I came across a record that said 40 thylacines killed sheep over the same period of time that 600 wild dogs had killed them.

But all the reports from people who tamed them said that they were easy to tame and patient and sweet if you treated them well.

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They were believed by farmers to kill sheep, though I came across a record that said 40 thylacines killed sheep over the same period of time that 600 wild dogs had killed them.

But all the reports from people who tamed them said that they were easy to tame and patient and sweet if you treated them well.

They are wild animals looking for food, and these farms I'm sure brought in the sheep... Ughhh and another species did it too ! More than the Thylacines !

Just from the videos they seemed so sweet ! I'm surprised that no one decided to breed them to at least help the species survive..

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They were believed by farmers to kill sheep, though I came across a record that said 40 thylacines killed sheep over the same period of time that 600 wild dogs had killed them.

But all the reports from people who tamed them said that they were easy to tame and patient and sweet if you treated them well.

They are wild animals looking for food, and these farms I'm sure brought in the sheep... Ughhh and another species did it too ! More than the Thylacines !

Just from the videos they seemed so sweet ! I'm surprised that no one decided to breed them to at least help the species survive..

They were given protected status the year the last one anyone knew about died.

They do seem sweet, and you're exactly right--they were hungry wild animals, and the sheep were easy pickings, and they didn't kill very many of them.

http://www.wherelightmeetsdark.com/index.php?module=wiki&page=ThylacineAsAPet

I found a lot of the stories on this web page in a book by Robert Paddle that came out from Cambridge University Press, so I know they're not bull$hit.

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They were given protected status the year the last one anyone knew about died.

They do seem sweet, and you're exactly right--they were hungry wild animals, and the sheep were easy pickings, and they didn't kill very many of them.

http://www.wherelightmeetsdark.com/index.php?module=wiki&page=ThylacineAsAPet

I found a lot of the stories on this web page in a book by Robert Paddle that came out from Cambridge University Press, so I know they're not bull$hit.

Awww, that's really sad actually. There was no way to breed.

They didn't kill many, even though sheep were easy. I guess it's mind boggling to me that the only excuse for killing them off was because they were assuming that they were eating up the sheep, yet it was mostly the Wild Dogs...

Oh my gosh, they seriously had feline and canine aspects to them ! ;v ; It's so sad to know we lost this species..