tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post6588924538081140587..comments2024-03-16T04:29:05.421+01:00Comments on One Hundred Mountains: The lost wolves of JapanProject Hyakumeizanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-43166026437603093992011-10-30T10:00:55.997+01:002011-10-30T10:00:55.997+01:00The Tasmanian Tiger was a marsupial dog (pouch you...The Tasmanian Tiger was a marsupial dog (pouch young) mostly displaced on the mainland by the Dingo (a native dog canines lupus dingo) brought to mainland Australia by early Aboriginal people walking over from Indonesia. As you can see from the latin name, it is considered to be closer to the Asian wolf than a domesticated dog.<br />There are Dingos in the national park close to Canberra where I work. I have seen them most times I walk in that area. They are vey nervous of humans in that area, an an encounter usually envolves a stare off till the Dingo moves on.<br /><br />I am not at all "programmed" to be fearful of animals- only reptiles- I can't imagine how I will react if ever faced by a wolf- or worse a bear.birdmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139113709962808555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-57112088130198409842011-10-25T19:04:04.345+02:002011-10-25T19:04:04.345+02:00Bea, Birdmonkey: thanks for reading - that's a...Bea, Birdmonkey: thanks for reading - that's an interesting parallel with the Tasmanian Tiger - indeed, wasn't it also called the Tasmanian Wolf? There's yet more about the Japanese wolf, including the intriguing and un-obvious story of how, when it disappeared, it took the wild boars of Tohoku with it. But that's another tale, to be saved for another post ....Project Hyakumeizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-65344876433983189662011-10-25T04:19:50.514+02:002011-10-25T04:19:50.514+02:00Sad story, reminds me of the Tasmanian Tiger extin...Sad story, reminds me of the Tasmanian Tiger extinction.<br />http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/webpages/bhan-53777b<br />A new Australian film has come out called "The Hunter" filmed in the Upper Florentine Valley in Tasmania. great mountain landscapes- filmed in the same area, with the same camera man, I worked with a couple of years ago.<br /> <br />Thanks for another great post.birdmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139113709962808555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-91325303021020308592011-10-20T09:58:51.666+02:002011-10-20T09:58:51.666+02:00Thank you for another wonderful page about mountai...Thank you for another wonderful page about mountains (and their fauna) in Japan, Captain,<br />BeatriceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-27614730370340037952011-10-16T11:41:08.829+02:002011-10-16T11:41:08.829+02:00Thanks for reading and for the gnawed pine-cone up...Thanks for reading and for the gnawed pine-cone update. Reintroduction? Hmm, I wonder how it would feel to bivvy out in a remote place with a wolf pack howling in the vicinity...? Here in Switzerland, wolves are reintroducing themselves, by slipping over the border from Italy. Every time one establishes itself, the country is split between urban greens (pro-wolf) and the farmers, whose trigger-fingers start itching. Problem is not only that the wolves prey on the sheep, but that they always seem to kill more than they need to eat...Project Hyakumeizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-56076285989323478952011-10-16T11:14:14.676+02:002011-10-16T11:14:14.676+02:00Sad indeed. I don't suppose that the urge to r...Sad indeed. I don't suppose that the urge to reintroduce, as they are trialling in Scotland, would go over any better in Japan than it is in the UK.<br /><br />The deer are destroying fauna ever higher recently. I noted huge piles of gnawed pine cones at over 2600m the other day. Would that we had a wolf or two around...Chris (i-cjw.com)http://i-cjw.comnoreply@blogger.com