tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post1389023465565721024..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: Thylacine/Dingo InteractionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-7684268632734013322012-05-14T14:25:55.599+01:002012-05-14T14:25:55.599+01:00Doesn't have to be direct killing of thylacine...Doesn't have to be direct killing of thylacines by dingoes; mere competition in the same ecological niche could quite easily have pushed the thylacines down to low numbers where random extinction events from drought would finish them off.<br /><br />Or would it?<br /><br />I'd personally like to see what would happen in Australia if a proper effort were made there to control (with a view to extincting) introduced mesopredators like foxes and domestic cats, and secondarily a policy of if not removing but certainly confining dingoes to a few set areas of the continent.<br /><br />Doing so would open up a lot of the ecological niches that the thylacines occupied; if there is a relict population, clobbering the competition might let them recover.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618328278732100203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-38293208986724374992012-05-13T19:24:42.763+01:002012-05-13T19:24:42.763+01:00I have never brought this theory as thylacines had...I have never brought this theory as thylacines had much stronger jaws and could also kick like kangaroos.Richard Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142154646917043849noreply@blogger.com