Led by Mike Williams a naturalist at the Centre for Fortean Zoology in New South Wales, the team that comprises of ten members will commence the first of the eight or nine expeditions they plan to conduct in the next two years, shortly. Traveling in two powerful four-wheel drive vehicles that are equipped with both still and video cameras and powerful binoculars, they will traverse the dense jungles in the northwest and southwest parts of the state for two weeks, targeting areas where previous sightings have been reported.
While many experts are skeptical about the naturalists finding this long extinct tiger, the one thing they all acknowledge is that if the animal is alive, this team will find it. That's because it includes amongst others, United Kingdom's Dr. Chris Clark and Richard Freeman who have previously conducted searches for giant anacondas in Africa and even the Indonesian equivalent of Big Foot on the island of Sumatra.
Though nicknamed 'tiger' because of the 13-21 distinctive stripes that run across its back, rump and the base of its tail, it is actually the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times, whose closest relative is the Tasmanian devil. As for the last confirmed report of this shy nocturnal animal? That was in 1936 when the one that resided in Tasmania's Hobart Zoo died! Hopefully, the naturalists will be able to find some specimens of this ancient animal and bring it back from the 'dead'.
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