New Tasmanian Tiger Photos - Probably Fakes :-(
ABC News is reporting that the new Tasmanian Tiger photos (as yet unpublished anywhere) which created such a stir recently are now believed to be fakes by the curator of the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery.
Mr Pemberton says he thinks the photos are clearly doctored.
“The thylacine in the image was very similar to another photograph that we quickly identified,” he said.
“But secondly there were two photographs and there was a time gap between the two of… five, 10, 20 seconds… and the posture of the animal hadn’t changed, which I found very strange.”
November 15th, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Well, over 18 months later, and having seen the published versions, I’m not convinced they’re fake.
“very similar” does not mean “the same” (and I’m not just saying that) and the time difference could have been anything from 1 to 59 seconds.
Now. You see a wild animal. It hasn’t detected you. You turn on your camera and it goes BLING! What does the animal - a predator, not a prey species - do? Stands dead still, stares in your direction and tries to work out if you’re a threat. Maybe even sniffs the air.
“five, 10, 20 seconds … and the posture of the animal hadn’t changed”
… and you sound surprised?
February 24th, 2008 at 12:55 am
I wish it were true. Those animals don’t deserve extinctions
March 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
send me some info and pics pleas
August 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
And where you can see these pictures? It would be very good if they were able to survive …
August 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am
You’ll have to find a copy of the Tasmanian newspaper in which they were published in about April 2006. I believe a European magazine also published them at that time.