Expedition to Find The Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
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- In this 9 day expedition I set out to a very remote region on the island of Tasmania in search of Tasmanian Tigers, or more widely known, as Thylacines. The area I will be exploring has a long history of Thylacine sightings, it is home to many species of marsupial in which the Thylacine was known to have survived off, and consists of a wide range of vegetation which has remained largely unchanged since the introduction of europeans in the 19th century.
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If it's still out there it would never be discovered by an expedition IMO. When the BBC did "Lost land of the Tiger" in Bhutan to discover if tigers lived above 3000 m as it was suspected but never proven, they couldn't find proof with people. What DID work, at the very tail end of the expedition, were trail/hunting cameras, positioned around trees, on posts near rivers etc... well away from camp.They put a lot of them, and collected them at the end. They saw tigers evolving in snow, bears, snow leopards, etc... Stuff they hadn't seen at all with their cameras, while exploring on foot or waiting in camouflaged tents. Expeditions should revolve around trail cams : the plan should be to have like a hundred cams with you, and pepper them all across the landscape near water spots, caves, game trails etc... and leaving them on for like two weeks to a month before collecting them. If you did that all over the Tassie South West and still didn't find anything, then it's pretty safe to assume thylacines are 100% extinct. I've been to Tasmania three times, twice in the south west, and although there are definitely wild spots, it isn't a huge island. I want to believe but there is nothing that really indicates they're still around, the testimonies are so thin...
Despite people in south Indonesia say they see all the time.
Don't listen to the powers, government etc..or...you can always get your 15th booster 🤔
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100 cameras is a lot of work for one person alone you need a team of at least several people for that kind of task. And then drop points on maps where the trail cams were left. Tasmania may not be big compared to the bigger Australian mainland or other larger countries but it's still no slouch in size and it's still pretty untamed.
@@simontheyers801
@@mj.l really..went out to west Papua/ Indonesia border and did an expedition into the highlands.??
Nothing like having a friend agree to go along with you for a week without even knowing the plan. Those kinds of friends are special. What a beautiful country as well!
I'll never stop believing that they are still around. Being from America just seeing the devil on the trail cam was a treat ...... thank you
Same
Sightings of the Tasmanian Devil are really awesome even if they're not Tasmanian Tigers. They are endangered and due to disease and other elements could become critically endangered. Great video Rob.
ever since i was a small child, i have loved the tiger. when my teacher told me they hunted them to extinction i cried. but have always believed they were still around.they are amazing animals.i hope you prove they are still here. it would be incredible to see a family of tigers.
Tigers are still living, Tasmanian tigers are not, looks like someone got a little bit lazy with there writing
@@JaxanOBirdy looks like no one cares about something everyone obviously knew they meant.
@@JaxanOBirdy ye of little faith.the government released several species of animals and the thylacine was part of the release. several hundred sightings tracks, so i really believe they are still here.i would love to go on an expedition to find one. oooh fun.
@@kellyruddock8822 By all means go on an expedition, but you won't find a Thylacine, they're extinct. (BTW, whats this Government release of animals you speak of, do you have any evidence to support your claim?)
@@Smokeyr67 i found out about the the government relocation on a video about 6mos ago.if you look through the videos on the thylacine. there is proof you just have to look . i am not being snotty. i just know they are out there.😀
Just wanted to say mad respect for going out there and searching for the Thylacine. I think you did really well with the time and resources you had. I hope you can make more expeditions out there in the future. Also, I just wanted to note the way you shot and edited this was incredible. I especially love the music you used; the whole thing was very beautiful and relaxing.
You got yourself a subscriber because as someone who has autism I struggle to find things like yours I can just watch because of the 3 second cut way of filming but with yours it's relaxing and calm. It made watching the whole trip and story so enjoyable. I truly can't wait to watch more
Hi mate, also try: ''Scottys gone walk about'' a great relaxing watch also :)
Then you'd love Jim Baird! Check him out
Me too i havnt fully watched a show of any sort to the end in like 10 yrs. But i watched all of this one.
same stuff like mrbeast that’s highly edited is kinda unwatchable cause theirs to much going on but the way this is edited it’s good and watchable
I have exactly the same!
What an adventure Rob and Levi !! Please keep looking for the Tiger cause we want to know too
Don’t worry, it’s extinct.
@@banjopete not true
🤨 finding the Taz tiger is like looking for Sasquatch !
@@PP-vf1kx that’s no problem because it found me.
@@PP-vf1kx How. The thylacine definitely existed, sasquatch less so. Looking for evidence of a relatively recently extinct species in a remote location is very much not the same as looking for something that may never have been there at all.
Incredible! A shocking treat to see this type of content uploaded to TH-cam. After spending a Year living in Tasmania, I've grown more and more convinced that there'd have to be some more Thylacine out there. The state, and especially the South West & Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Parks are certaintly some of the most remote places in Australia, yet wildly population with natural fauna and flora, untouched by man. After summiting the popular Frenchmans Cap in early November, I can truly say that looking to the south uptop on the peak, these national parks are empty for truly as far as the eye could see.
Really, good on you for putting in the effort to go out and film this journey of yours! This gives us hope that these marvellous creatures are still out there.
appreciate that mate thank you
I've lived here my whole life, it is highly unlikely that they still exist, in order for a species to survive you require a large enough population and it is ridiculous to at this point assume a some population has survived...
However, if they were anywhere, there are several relatively large areas that humans have never been in Tasmania...
Why are you convinced?
You boys deserve to an award for that show
clearly the best I’ve seen Thankyou
Rob ,don't get me wrong , but I am glad you and Levy did not find any traces of the Tiger. Just think what would happen , the area would be locked up ,the Gov. would come in and catch the last reminding tiger for breeding purposes. Keep looking and if you ever come across one , or something related to the tiger, then do your own investigation , record everything ,sound and videos and when the time comes then you can make it public. In the mean time ,don't stop showing us your videos , they are tops , cheers
There are so many people in Tassie that go trout fishing, hiking and fossicking in remote areas, I think one of them would come across one eventually. I had a nice experience fishing high up on the Weld River (in the southwest) it was about 7am and I was wading and trout fishing and decided to change a lure in a fast part of the river so I leaned on a rock midstream to protect me from the strong current, I was there about 5 mins hardly moving trying to tie a stubborn knot when a movement on the bank caught my eye. I glanced across and a pretty big spotted quoll was searching the waters edge only about 5 metres away. Because of the roar of the water and me being hidden behind the rock he couldn’t detect me but he kept on stopping and sniffing the air and looked mildly concerned. He knew something wasn’t right, I watched him hunting for about a minute before he decided to head off upstream.
I love fishing in Tassie, saw 3 Platypus just on Friday in the Leven and Wilmot Rivers. But my most startling experience was standing on the narrow customer platform at Flippers fish and chip boat in Hobart and a Broardnose shark swam underneath my feet as I was ordering flake and chips, scared the hell out of me.
As a family member of the Nielsens, my Grandad, Roy Nielsen told me of his time on the Spero River harvesting the Huon Pine and pretty much doing what you are experiencing now. With the Crayfish etc. Love that you have the chance to travel the same route as my family when they were earning a living.
but ur username is billy hunt?
@@densonjcbro that doesnt mean anything 😭
@@densonjcif its his grandpa on his moms side hes not gonna have the last name 😂 you dont need to have the same last name as your grandparents, because you have 2 sets of them
What an awesome video! Absolutely loved this adventure 😃🤙
Rob this is the best documentary I have seen in a long time. Bloody well done on the expedition! Don’t feel to dejected about not finding the Tassie Tiger, you tried and that’s what matters. You also showcased an area that not many have been to in a long time. That Forrest has a story to tell, and I want to thank you for sharing it.
Spoiler alert 😀
I agree, loved it. I want to go there so bad.
thanks for the great comment scotty!
Hi Rob, An informative book on the tiger is Robert Paddle's "The Last Tasmanian Tiger". I read the book a long time ago but recall that packs of tigers may have hunted wallabies at night on the plains. They had distinctive howls to coordinate their hunt.
For sure they're still down there and on the mainland too, 24 years ago I seen one very very close so there was no mistaking it for anything else. I used to tell people exactly where but now I don't, I'm content with just knowing they're there and don't want them disturbed. Although I would also love to see some footage but I think it's a tough choice in mentioning where it was caught on cam. Awesome adventure anyway guys, would love to see another one.
Another dime a dozen "sighting" that I'm sure you've regurgitated time and time again at a pub. Not impressed.
@ Ike I saw one too back in 2013.
We lived in metropolitan Adelaide at the time. I had just woken up from an afternoon nap around 14:55 and was sitting on the edge of the bed looking out of the large floor to ceiling window directly in front of me. Suddenly a large gingery creature with a long thin tail trotted into the garden from the left hand side of the window. I thought it was a cat at first until I realised it was too big. My brain scrambled through various ideas such as: was it a fox - well no it didn’t have a brush, was it a dog - no, not with those stripes and weird boxy jaw which appeared to hang very slightly open.
I watched it trot over to the right of the window then it turned towards it’s left to negotiate it’s way around a large palm type bush in the garden. I was scrambling madly for my iPad on the bedside table to try to take a photo but it had moved out of sight before I could get to the camera app. I rushed out of the bedroom telling my husband what I’d just seen and running into the front room which was on the other side of the house. My husband ran for his camera but it was too late the animal had gone.
That night on the tv at work there was a report that some people in the Adelaide Hills had seen a Tassie Tiger and someone had tried to film it as it passed through their garden. The footage was too shaky and blurred to distinguish anything.
The really funny thing was that a friend of ours from the UK visited shortly after. He and his mum had spent a week or so in Tasmania before coming to see us in Adelaide.
As we sat chatting I told him about my tiger sighting. His response was “oh, so that’s what that was”. He explained that whilst in TAS he and his mum had hired a car to get about. One night they were driving home after a meal in town and something ran across the road in front of the car. They saw it only briefly in the headlights but were puzzled as to what it was. He said it looked reddish-brown in the light and they thought for a moment it might be a cat but it was too big.
Unfortunately, I don’t know where in TAS this happened and my husband is no longer friends with this guy.
Long story short, l believe your sighting even if the trolls don’t.
Yes mate, they are still on the mainland l.
I saw one in January 2022 cross the road in the great diving range Victoria.
Its quute amazing to see one for yourself.
Wow....just wow! Beautifully done guy's. Looks prehistoric in there. I'll have to leave Sydney one day and visit Tasie!
Thankyou Rob and Levi for showing us remote parts of wonder in our beautiful and rugged state. They are always amazing to watch. The scenery alone was incredible and I still think somewhere down there or other areas similar our Tassie Tiger lives on. This was one awesome trip and your efforts outstanding. Just love it,
If the Thylacine was truly alive it surely would have been photographed and well sighted by now.
Rob, your work just keeps getting better and better. Massive respect.
I like to think that one day, you’ll be leading the expedition that finds proof of their still being in alive.
Thank you for taking me on this adventure
That cleaning up is a good deal ! I pick up anything out there and leave camp like no one ever camped there ! I hear ya on that !
One heck of an adventure lad thanks for taking me along bring on 2023 🎉
Bloody brilliant bro a good and proper doco goodonya cheers
A perfect end to a Christmas day watching Rob and Levi do their thing. Sensational job fellas.
What a beautiful place, what an adventure. Epic stuff.
Thank you Rob and Levi.
What a video, thanks Rob and Levi. You two make a great team, keep up the good work fellas 👍🏻
Thank you for an amazing look at the landscape and adventures.
Anybody who is a nature lover should watch your Amazing adventures
Appreciate that mate thank you 😊
@@Rob.Parsons your bringing the natural beauty of Tasmania to my man cave in Sydney , amazing footage and striking beauty of a place not many would ever get to see .
Thanks for taking us along Rob, what an amazing part of our country 🙏🏼
What an amazing journey yourself and Levi went on. Thank you two for being able to share this experience. I really think they are still out there just way to much remote bush and coast that never sees human contact. Can’t wait for the next one mate cheers Scott
Great video Rob and Levi...I'm glad you follow the old stories from the past looking for evidences on how to find Thylacines...plus the remote isolated country where they once roamed...Our group "Save the Thylacine" will be looking forward to your next adventures...🐾
I'm glad you took Levi with you, as we all have a lot of respect for him. Another great exploration Rob, just shows how wild the s/w coast of Tassie is. I hope you find your dream one day and find a Thylacine. Cheers to you both, love the video lots. Thanks guys.
Cant be doing this in my lifetime..but what a thrilling life your having..to both yourself an Levi thanks for the ride into magnificent areas of our state,if anyone finds evidence of our elusive tiger I believe you guys will.
Cant beleive you didn't have a snipe in those waters.. looked promising!
Thankyou for the journey and look forward to future adventures.
Thanks for another great show Rob. Your channel is a go-to in our house. We get a history lesson and adventure every time. Top notch viewing👍
thanks legend!
Lucky buggers, I'd love to live in Tassie. Great video.
Thanks for watching!
From the Tasmanian Tiger Archives..thanks for this..!!..love your work..
Quite the adventure.
Very well put together and thank you
Jim
Well, this will be todays TV viewing sorted. You remind me of my step-son Miles Bruny Rob.
He is, like you, one of the new generation of smart and strong Tasmanians who will explore and discover, wherever suits their whim. I’m so proud of him, and his brothers, especially at this time of year.
Happy Christmas and a great 2023 to you.
Fabulous, fantastic. Interesting, exciting and visually perfect. What a great experience. 👍
What an amazing adventure Rob and Levi had. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and I like Rob believe that there would be thylacines that have survived in such places as this. Although I am also inclined to believe that their survival instincts would have developed enough for them to totally evade human presence because any survivors would have learned humans cannot be trusted at all. In a way I am a little relieved there’s no hard evidence of their survival to date as once that occurs their world will be changed forever no matter how many good intentions humans would have for them in the future.
Well that was epic, I spent yesterday and this morning taking it in sessions. I hope you keep at it, and I hope you find them! Thanks for taking us along!
Awesome vid Rob what an amazing part of Tassie to be in thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Absolute ripper video Rob! Breathtaking landscape paired with exceptional editing makes for an enthralling video mate, cheers.
I managed to get time today to watch this. All I can say is fantastic. What an epic adventure with another good bugger Levi. I believe 100% they are still out there. Please keep looking. And thanks for another great video. Happy new year and I can’t wait to see all your adventures in 2023
cheers stu!
I love that you looked. As a Tasmanian, i know how many of us still belive they are out there. loving all your expeditions, footage, style of content!
A first class doco Rob and Levi. Thanks for your efforts. 👍🏻🙏🦘
Great video. Definitely worth another expedition.
Thank you so much, what a christmas present this was, feel so sorry for you that you did not spot the tasmanian tiger, love what you guys are doing, christmas greetings from the Netherlands..!!
Brilliant 😮 and breathtaking. Thanks for sharing this journey guys 💜🙏🏻
Absolutely love your channel and all of the content!!! Excellent series you have created my friend and I can't say enough. Thank you for all of your hard work at documenting all that you have and the knowledge/ history provided is great! Looking forward to the future content you produce and wish you all the success in all future endeavors!
Yous to are legends I believe they could be still out there u would never know with the amount of land out there u can't get to years ago there was a old bloke out the back of judbury south of tassie that was feeding them it will always be a mystery and a big merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to u both
That was terrific Rob. BEST YET! Such a professional and interesting attempt to find the elusive Tassie tiger and I think you’ll do it next time! Your reasoning for its possible location is very plausible and it’s probably just a waiting game. EXCELLENT photography as usual and loved the footage of that really healthy devil. A wonderful journey to experience on a lazy Christmas night. Thanks again Rob ❤
Ellusive is a funny way of saying extinct.
@@Char1iBr0wnAll in India will be , To lazy and blind to see, And greedy as humanly possible , Ruin then go elsewhere doesn’t want you ! Might makes right , Such is life ! Choices .
those gorgeous landscapes are why im always gonna come back home to tassie, whereever i go in life.
Nothing but love for you and Levi. Looks like the watchers were being watched OUT there!!! Beautiful mystery.. Long live the Thylacine
Amazing trip fellars loved it
Dam running home to have a mad feed and sit down and watch this whoop whoop
A great adventure and insight into a beautiful area of Tasmania Rob and Levi. As usual I was riveted to your narration, video and quest for the Tassie Tiger. Hope to catch up some day a share a few stories. Looking forward to your next adventure 🙂
This was so enjoyable. I watched it over a couple of evenings and loved it all. Thank-you.
Merry Christmas mate to you and Levi! Best way to end Christmas Day with you legends!
Rob, thank you so much for such an incredible doco into the Wild West coast of Tasmania, mate. Both you and Levi have gone the extra mile to give us viewers an insight into some absolutely stunning untouched country, thank you. I as well as you really feel that, that type of country side could possibly hold real evidence of the possible extinct? Thylacine? You both gave it a good shot, but a little bit more time might have proven some evidence of this once wild ace predictor.
Thanks again Rob for sharing your adventures with us and hopefully one day evidence will be found?
Merry Christmas to you both and all the best for the New Year.
Another brilliant video, thanks Rob, superb quality documenting a fascinating story, cheers 👏👏
What a fantastic documentary. I've been obsessed with the thylacine since I was kid on the other side of the world. Just loved it man, really professional and just captivating.
Well done boys. No Tigers but you did find Paradise. What a spot 🥰
We agree!
Been looking forward to this,awsome rob&levi…merry xmas
im from tassie and i really appreciate people acknowledging us. thank you
Great job! This was a very enjoyable film Rob. Congratulations. 👍
Merry Christmas Mr.Parsons✌🏼hello to Levi too👍🏼I'm gonna add to this comment as I watch👁Nice soundtrack for sure, fits perfectly. Did You sample gold pan any?Any Documentation of a Hurricane?Tornado?,possibly knocked over evidence during storm swell? What about when the high tide comes in? Looked like " spirit of" Spider web floating in front of camera. Awe yes,,the Gummie's snack,,No such thing as a "Worthless" experiment,perhaps just a lack of useful evidence,,I was thinking perhaps using a baiting soundtrack of sheep or some animal distress call( like we use for coyote hunt)They should Still Be There👍🏼You did find a lot of cool artifacts, so it wasnt a fruitless adventure plus that Hiking stick is a nice Souvenir. Have a Great New Years Holiday You Guys✌🏼 Sure hope a Cleanup Party can be formed and further expeditions into the Great Tasmanian Wilderness. Peace Brothers🙏🏼
Thank you for another wonderful upload. Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Christmas and New Year. - Anna.
Thank you Anna, thats very kind of you and we appreciate the kind wishes.
Easily one of the best just down to earth videos, you guys are extremely humble it's amazing to see you guys try and put nature in its place when you leave. You guys are awesome keep it up fellas!
thanks Dakota! :)
Interesting for the in-depth look at Tasmania & its wilderness.
You're an unending stack of ideas for future Tassie adventures Rob. Never ashamed to say I'm following in your footsteps. This Spero via Birch's Inlet looks good, and opens up options for the Wanderer and Mainwaring Rivers as well without resorting to the expensive helicopter drop in and pick up. I'll let you know if I spot a Tiger or three in there.
To think these creatures could come back from the brink of extinction is amazing, I've admired the thylacine for quit some time now and I love the idea that they could still be out there.
Incredible. Another epic adventure. Thanks!
Wow amazing never give up ! That’s how explorers discovered things no one else had the patience to discover yay! 😊👍👌
Epic video!
Really enjoyed that Rob. Reminded me of my adventures up the Gordon and in the Southwest conservation area.
I definitely think it's a good area to be searching for the Tigers, I personally always wanted to do the Wonderers River.
Love Tasmania and wish that I'd spent more time there, or even stayed.
All the best mate and well done 👍🇵🇱🇬🇧🏴
Thank you Rafo!
Hey Rob! Thanks for sharing your amazing adventures! They are truly inspirational! You became my favorite youtube traveler, adventurer, prospector!
I did not know too much about Tasmania. Now it is on my radar and I would love to visit one day.
Good luck!
Awesome adventure, definitely keen to see more of this
I feel like they could possibly still exist in the Southwest. Animals are smarter than we give them credit for & adapt to changes. Lots of people say there would be roadkill if they existed, but that begs the question - What about the places where there are no roads? It’s hard to say with confidence and without any evidence that they exist. I’ve watched both of your videos about this trip now & i thoroughly enjoyed the amount of detail you packed into the beginning of this. What an epic place to spend a bit over a week! I cannot wait to see that part of Tassie for myself. You’ve got yourself a sub 👍🏿
The best Christmas gift! Endlessly interesting and beautifully shot, didn't want it to end!
Awesome Rob and Levi, I really enjoyed watching this.
Great stuff.
Thank you.
Andy
Awesome adventure, and you guys weren’t alone.
Best one yet Rob - amazing coastline and forest. You have such an eye for old campsites. I love your research and story telling. Yes, please keep looking. Thanks to you both.
Thanks for another brilliant video, I agree that the Tassie Tiger is still alive and has become very adept at staying hidden Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing more videos from you in the New Year 👋👋
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this opportunity to join you on your adventure. I’ve always thought they still exist.
Great video Rob! I was really looking forward to this one. You and Levi did a great job. I think you are in the right area, you just need a bit of luck. Hopefully you will try to track it down again and have another crack!
Well done mate, keep up the good work.
Even though I knew what the outcome would be. I found it incredibly sad that such a beautiful area was no longer inhabited by such a unique creature. Man rules man to his own injury. We see this time and time again in our beautiful forested areas. Wolves, Bears, tigers, elephants and rhinos. We didn't lose the Tasmanian tiger because of natural selection, we lost it because man is selfish
sadly true, but we must live in hope.
@@Rob.Parsons yeah because negativity dose not help any one
💯. Well said
Great adventure, you’ll never know unless you try and try again. I’m sure they are there too, make sense it’s the best chance, although people recon they are seen over here in the north east too.
I applaud you for your effort guys. It's still out there don't be discouraged you find it one day.
Great start to boxing day watching 2 adventurers in my state going to places I'll never reach. I never expected the treeless hills.
A couple of years back, I am sure there was one on the side of the road near Bunyip Victoria. I had my high beams on and it was stationary and I was driving slow, so I had a very clear view. Was not large, had the stripes and distinctive tail and hind legs. I am sure there are some still out there.
I was driving near Thylacine, Victoria a few years back and I saw a Bunyip. 4 glaring eyes, tentacles for arms and a scream like a woman's. Wait, that was me screaming.
I fully believe you. Sounds like they're definitely out there, just so many sightings.
gave the video a like before watching :D
So envious, thanks for sharing. Good luck on any future searches.
Love your content SO Much. Thanks a million .. Rob and Levi. I Believe they are out there!
Watching your adventures always generates questions by this viewer, so its not unrealistic that I would search wikipedia about devils, since that is what you found. "thylacines and devils maintained a complex relationship, the thylacines preyed on the devils, the devils scavenged from thylacine kills and the devils ate thylacine young". Seems to me if you are in an area inhabited by devils there might not be thylacine present. Great filming waiting for the next one! Cheers.
I live here in the US - Texas to be exact - and I LOVE animals! I wanted nothing more for your expedition than to see even a footprint! Please, if you will, do this again. Keep looking and nomatter what THEY say, keep the hope alive, guys! You are the best!
Simply brilliant Rob. Keep the amazing videos coming!!!
Thank you for sharing your adventure. I love that you are still convinced that the thylacine is still around. Hopefully, they are.still. It's hard to forgive humanity when you see so many things going extinct due to our interference in their lives.