Would anyone like to say what they think this might be? I’d love to believe it was a Tassie Tiger but I can’t. Though I find it hard to turn the animal into a fox, dingo or dog.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/tasmanian-tiger.html
Thanks to Jean-Michel Bompar for sending me the link
Jon
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I was thinking fox but then it started running in a rather weird manner…….
Why isn’t it a fox?
I’ve watched a lot of red foxes, and this one moves EXACTLY like a fox. The head movement, the gait, the tail…it’s a fox.
The legs did appear to be a little long to be a fox – body a bit short (at least on one of the videos…) Not sure why there were some videos of cats in the selection… But there was one video of something eating in the grass that was sure intriguing! Wouldn’t it be cool!
from that short clip there seems no doubt to me it is a red fox.
OK, I think it must be a fox too looking at it again. It looks exactly like one at the beginning but there is something a little odd which I can’t quite put my finger on later on. Is it the shape of the tail?
I vote for a fox as well.
Seems like a fox to me.
I suspect it looks kind off strange because one of its hind legs seems not to be in order: he is limping. That is what makes it odd. The tail seems to thick for a thylacine, but thick enough for a wet or thin fox.
Seems like a fox but……….
The tail is special, not flexible as a red fox tail.
It’ would be amazing if it is one.
for those interested, this footage was taken at the Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park in Victoria. And its still a red fox.
Of course it’s a fox, their legs always look longer when they are in summer coats, and the tail is way too long for a thylacine.
I see one video that is clearly a fox but there is another one that is still very mysterious – the one with the Spanish Talk Show at the beginning and end.
the Spanish one is a starving dog with some form of mange. You can clearly see the skin is hairless and the backbone is very visible. It looks absolutely nothing like a thylacine.