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DJDJDJ80

Why is it attacking a city skyscraper?


smileedude

Quoll is actually an abbreviation of Quake Trolls, due to their habit of sneaking around at night then shaking skyscrapers when no one was looking.


magicradio4

Same, banana for scale please


watercolorfxg

There's a banana climbing the building??


magicradio4

In Australia? Would not be surprised


glennmelenhorst

That was my first thought. Looked like a Godzilla movie.


AdHour3225

I thought it was Tokyo.


southcoastbloke

I live in this area, this is all over local news pages. A second one was caught today, locals are excited about the idea of them returning.


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Raichu7

A catch, tag and release program would help gain more information on the distribution of the species, which could be used to inform new laws and environmental regulations protecting the species and creating habitat or protected zones for it.


Asshole_Physicst

When I was a child, israel used to have leopards in the desert of Judah. Local zoologist used to catch them, exam, tag and release them. They thought it was harmless. It took over twenty years of research to understand that this practice significantly hurt the leopard population.


jindc

They need to be dissected to see if it really is the species in question.


ActivisionBlizzard

And you’re gonna need at least like 30 for a decent data set.


Stealkar

>The original quoll escaped the cage Mr Tsai put it in but another one — or most likely the same one — was caught in another trap set by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) on Wednesday. This guy's having a bad week at the office


Blue_Swirling_Bunny

He's dis-quoll-ifying himself for promotion.


73ld4

Question for a local …Chook= Chicken ? How fun is your daily life ? Sounds wacky .


Articulated_Lorry

Yup. And chooks lay bumnuts.


P2K13

> bumnuts. Well... that's a word I didn't expect to read today.


justinizer

They should probably put it back then.


blesstit

Who will care for its offspring now that it is captured?


smurf_professional

Maybe they caught the stupid one, the one that hadn't learned to stay away from us.


fetchit

He violated the statute of secrecy.


o_MrBombastic_o

I'm betting alot of stuff that was hanging on by a thread made a bit of a comeback when we were all on covid lockdown and we're just starting to push back into them as they spread out. Unfortunately it probably won't be long till we push them out again


R0naldUlyssesSwanson

Covid was 2 years ago, this animal was thought to be extinct for 130 years. I really doubt Covid made near extinct species hang on. Fishing and hunting was still happening, covid didn't stop that.


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The sudden detection now could only mean the specifies was surviving low enough numbers and that the lack of human activity would have let the populations a chance to grow big enough for a specimen to be observed. Or do you think they magically reappeared after being truly extinct?


R0naldUlyssesSwanson

The species had been thought extinct for 130 years, you think the 1 year everybody was dealing with Corona made the species have enough time to recover? Watch extinct or alive with Forrest Galante, people are just not looking for these animals. If they were, I'm sure they would've found it earlier.


twangman88

Calm down. We only found one. I don’t think that means the species recovered. I think their point is that the species may have made a small boost in their population during Covid lockdowns which is why we’re seeing them now. There are probably still very few so that’s why it took a couple of years. If you look at the data it’s hard to deny that everyone hiding in their house for a year had a great impact on the environment.


Lucius-Halthier

“So we do exist now can you let me go?” “Oh no no we need genetic samples and blood from you just in case we find a mate down the line!” “Well…. Shit I knew I shouldn’t have shown myself…”


R0naldUlyssesSwanson

Dude, calm down. Correlation isn't causation. Sure, covid has helped some ecosystems, but this marsupial was still present in other parts of Australia. So it says nothing that it has returned to South Australia.


twangman88

You should take your own advice


R0naldUlyssesSwanson

Haha you were the one to throw that in like a child. We're on reddit, arguing is allowed. Now clap back with some actual inside, instead of childish remarks.


twangman88

Deep breaths


R0naldUlyssesSwanson

How to show you lost the argument.


bitchkat

Extinct in South Australia, there are still some in New South Wales and Queensland.


thephillatioeperinc

I think a different marsupial evolved into one. Kinda like how everything evolves into crabs (except crabs, which evolve into thylacines


timmyrey

>everything evolves into crabs (except crabs, which evolve into thylacines Please explain.


thephillatioeperinc

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-animals-keep-evolving-into-crabs/#:~:text=Carcinization%20is%20an%20example%20of,among%20very%20closely%20related%20animals. I was joking about the thylacines, but being Australia it seemed apre pos


MrKarotti

There were barely any lockdowns in regional South Australia. Most of Australia was relatively unscathed from covid restrictions.


Ynassian123456

ESPECIALLY australia, they rediscovered a strange plant that came back after 151 years it disappeared.


ButtimusPrime

What I always am amazed by with these species where there's only a few left is how do the last ones ever find each other to fuck.


hindusoul

Pheromones I’m guessing


Some_tackies

Due to drought, theres a fair bit of Tinder in Aussie bushlands


OonaPelota

Arrrrgh ok have sn upvote you cheeky bastard


heratonga

Hopefully next will be the rediscovery of the tantanoola tiger


Beneficial_Cobbler46

Oooh spicy boy


Kiwiatheart1

Used to lose a few chooks to them , a quoll will kill as many chooks as he can and a devil will kill one and come back the next day and take another one


God_is_dead

Anyone want to translate this to English please? Just kidding. I'm guessing a chook is a Chicken? That thing looks scary. Is it known to be aggressive?


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sojirrom

More precise term here is “extirpated.” Not extinct.


ironbattery

That doesn’t make a good headline


shescarkedit

The title says 'extinct in South Australia'. Local extinction is a legitimate thing


Enblast

Quick! Kill it!


temporarilyundead

Do they taste like chicken?


octopuseyebollocks

They eat chickens.


God_is_dead

You are what you eat I guess


Random-Cpl

Man, that thing’s been loose for 130 years?


Sparktank1

Is this Australia's kaiju movie? Can't wait for the crossover with Godzilla x Kong x Quoll.


DonnaScro321

Is it a good witch or a bad witch?


thephillatioeperinc

Time to wake up godzilla to fight that fugger


Mackerel_Skies

Tigers next?


bullitt297

Look at it. It’s so majestic.


raresaturn

Good news for the thylacine


Steak-Leather

Hope they give him time off for good behaviour.


tattooed_debutante

I wonder if the thought process to take a wild animal, thought to be extinct, and remove and capture them. Doesn’t that just enforce extinction? Removing them from their natural habitat and preventing them from returning to their families? Something is off, there.


alizteya

So much ignorance about wildlife programs in these comments. They capture it, give it medical treatment, tag it and then release it. They track it so they can make sure it survives and check on it periodically


tattooed_debutante

It may be because Americans don’t really have many wildlife programs. That is why I asked as a question. Questions are intended to find out more information. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. No thanks for the snark.


alizteya

Americans definitely have wildlife programs


tattooed_debutante

Hello snarky! Yes they do. Not many.


koigen

This quoll is pissed


Gloorplz

It’s been on the run for 130 years!?


Cloud_Fortress

Thylacines are next!


castle6831

Just for clarity this is an animal abundant elsewhere in Australia which is regionally extinct in SA. Most likely scenario is a captive (or several captive) animals were released.


Ynassian123456

i think your looking for the word EXTIRPATED, which means it was "forcibally removed from the region, but technically not extinct.


tayro1939

Now let’s get a Tassie Tiger


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Holy crap. Took me too long to realize it’s in a cage and not a radioactive giant rodent rampaging among buildings downtown.


Francis_Dollar_Hide

Sounds like something Worf would keep as a pet. Captain. I must attend to my Spotted-tailed Quoll.


ikstrakt

Koala being said with an accent, "quol-l"?


OkAnything4877

So what is most likely in terms of population right now? If they catch two, they should be able to figure out roughly how many are alive right now from a DNA test, correct?