tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330795933539580290.post44671178657392082..comments2024-03-08T17:05:32.361-08:00Comments on Malcolm's Musings: Cryptozoology: The Cryptids of Mount TamborineMalcolm Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330795933539580290.post-86674553115277083062014-03-13T00:25:47.525-07:002014-03-13T00:25:47.525-07:00Yes Carl Lentz's critter was probably a Mainla...Yes Carl Lentz's critter was probably a Mainland thylacine or something similar IMO, I think they were probably bigger than the ones found in Tasmania (Insular dwarfism), I was just mistaken because of the "Fangs" thing, which recalled me snakes and thus the particular dentition of a Thylacoleonid.Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582184345673934121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330795933539580290.post-69411672394189204632013-03-26T03:49:28.993-07:002013-03-26T03:49:28.993-07:00Thanks for your feedback, that sailor was somehow ...Thanks for your feedback, that sailor was somehow a visionary, :). I realized that the animal shot by Lentz is a good match for the one photagraphed and discussed here by Darren Naish : <br />http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/08/18/rilla-martins-1964-photo/<br />His reconstitution is pretty good, only the color scheme has been inverted.Thegreatsilencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330795933539580290.post-14434700532507444942013-03-24T14:33:09.074-07:002013-03-24T14:33:09.074-07:00Thank you for the reference. I think we can elimin...Thank you for the reference. I think we can eliminate <i>Thylacoleo</i> from the identification of Carl Lentz's animal, as the latter possessed a number of features which could not be overlooked by a person skinning one. Firstly, it had diprotodont dentition, like a possum's or kangaroo. In other words, the only lower front teeth were two very large incisors. Also, the forepaw had a semi-opposable "thumb", while the inner two of the toes on the hind foot were fused together, as with a possum.<br />Whether it was the legendary North Queensland tiger is another matter. The latter was traditionally described as having dark stripes. Mr Lentz's description is intriguing, but it left out features I would have preferred for a closer identification. Without further details, I would guess it was a very large, unusual dog.<br />Carl Lentz also claimed to have seen a large crocodile in the Gold Coast region in 1934 (<i>Gold Coast Bulletin</i> 12 May 1965). He was a colourful character, and I heard his 100th birthday was a gala affair. He described sailing to Australia as a boy or young adult in the teeth of a storm so terrible that a sailor told him, "You'll remember this if you live to be 100."Malcolm Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330795933539580290.post-80053458002958531512013-03-22T01:18:49.993-07:002013-03-22T01:18:49.993-07:00The last critter sounds like a larger, unknown re...The last critter sounds like a larger, unknown relative of the numbat, something like an unknown marsupial anteater since it seems to show a long yet narrow muzzle.<br />The third sighting makes me think of the Queensland tiger aka Thylacoleo. It's consistent with what Carl lentz described : a blue-grey-coated animal with a great strange head :<br />http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/tassie-tigers-sighted-northern-nsw/1282730/<br />Thegreatsilencenoreply@blogger.com