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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 9, 2019 4:05:54 GMT 5
IIRC, you even have leopard-size H. venezuelensis. Similar sized Asian species could still be around today, as well as maybe the jungles of Africa.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 4:12:05 GMT 5
And then there is guoshanhuang, which I think is a larger form of homotherium, in the mold of crenatidens.
Chinese sites say it could also be dinofelis, but dinofelis was extinct long time ago, like a few million years ago so I really doubt it.
But the most telling evidence is that sabertooth cats have been found all over the world, in areas where homotherium are from and the descriptions are pretty consistant.
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Post by kekistani on Dec 9, 2019 8:58:05 GMT 5
That there might still be some Thylacines in remote parts of tasmania somewhere, while unlikely based on existing evidence, is actually considered as a fairly serious possibility by mammalogists. I’d rank that among the more realistic cryptids. I'd actually suggest to Thylacine searchers that they start investigating New Guinea. Thylacines were found there up to around 4000 years ago, and there are reports of a striped dog-like creature with thin hindquarters and a large gape in the Irian Jaya area. While it is almost certain that Thylacines survived past 1936 in Australia (as evidenced by 1940's trapping attempts yielding fur and pawprints) I doubt they survive there now, as the genetic pool was small even in the 30's and Tasmania is relatively well explored. That doesn't mean they couldn't survive on Tasmania to this day, however.
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Post by kekistani on Dec 9, 2019 8:58:48 GMT 5
On a related topic, WHERE are me most likely to find cryptids? My 2 best bets would be darkest africa or New Guinea.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 9:10:03 GMT 5
Southeast Asia too some Indonesian islands are pretty remote And new species are discovered monthly in the amazon
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 9:18:10 GMT 5
If I was a cryptozoologist, I'd forgo yeti and loch ness. Focus on homotherium, its exisitence is plausible and frankly its pretty likely that something similar is what started the reports of sabertooth tigers all across the world.
From what I know, homotherium seem pretty adaptable so if leopards and cougars could thrive, so could they
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Post by kekistani on Dec 10, 2019 2:21:12 GMT 5
If I was a cryptozoologist, I'd forgo yeti and loch ness. Focus on homotherium, its exisitence is plausible and frankly its pretty likely that something similar is what started the reports of sabertooth tigers all across the world. From what I know, homotherium seem pretty adaptable so if leopards and cougars could thrive, so could they Yeti and Loch Ness are all but solved. Misidentifcations of known animals (Sharks, Sturgeons, eels, bears, and monkeys).
I would focus on Mapinguary and the New Guinean cryptids. Both are well engrained into local folklore and they have identified extinct creatures for their identities in at least 2 cases. They FIT the descriptions, at least.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2019 10:25:18 GMT 5
The evidence for yeti and bigfoot actually seems pretty strong, def weaker than homotherium, but native american stories + sightings in all 50 states + nepal make it somewhat compelling although I personally don't think its likely to exist
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Post by kekistani on Dec 10, 2019 11:26:52 GMT 5
The evidence for yeti and bigfoot actually seems pretty strong, def weaker than homotherium, but native american stories + sightings in all 50 states + nepal make it somewhat compelling although I personally don't think its likely to exist I actually believe in bigfoot because I've seen one. I didn't beforehand. I still think there's no scientific evidence or reason, but the fact I saw one conflicts with the scientific point of view. Yeti is certainly more likely (from a scientific standpoint) than bigfoot or loch ness.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 10, 2019 17:29:39 GMT 5
@ophiophagushannah, have you seen or Bigfoot thread?
Lots of arguments for both is an understatement.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 11, 2019 21:47:30 GMT 5
I don't know where else to put this but there still may be mammoths in Siberia:
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Post by Infinity Blade on Dec 12, 2019 1:31:02 GMT 5
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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 12, 2019 1:34:09 GMT 5
What a buzzkiller.
Oh well. I suppose given the remoteness of Siberia, still existing mammoths are not off the table
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Post by DonaldCengXiongAzuma on Dec 12, 2019 14:46:56 GMT 5
What a buzzkiller. Oh well. I suppose given the remoteness of Siberia, still existing mammoths are not off the table It would be interesting if these mammoths still existed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2019 21:09:14 GMT 5
What would they eat?
its all cold there, and mammoth need a lot of food. Besides, aren't mammoths loud?
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