8/19/2023 0 Comments Team australian predators![]() ![]() It is well known that rafting and island-hopping allowed some marsupials (and unique flightless birds like the cassowary) from New Guinea to “colonize” Australia, so to posit the same for the kangaroo is quite logical. ![]() Also worth noting, although kangaroos only currently live in Australia, some of the wallabies and tree kangaroos live in New Guinea as well as Australia. Now, if an animal population numbering in the hundreds of billions would yield 130 fossils, how many would we expect of an initial kangaroo “kind” population of two to yield as they migrated from the Turkey/Armenia/Iraq region over the course of, say, 100–200 years? Probably at most a few, and the area where they were traveling from and to are not the ideal environments for fossilization. 3 Now, if an animal population numbering in the hundreds of billions would yield 130 fossils, how many would we expect of an initial kangaroo “kind” population of two to yield as they migrated from the Turkey/Armenia/Iraq region over the course of, say, 100–200 years? ![]() 1 And most of these are leg bones that have been recovered from caves, 2 lakeshores, and the LaBrea Tar Pits (in other words, the few environments where preservation would be most favorable). In any event, of these estimated hundreds of billions of animals over the course of their existence, how many “fossils” of them have been found? A little more that 130-yes 130 total bones. They went extinct in 1914, mostly due to overhunting but possibly with disease aiding the swift decline. Take for example the passenger pigeon, which is believed to have had flocks in the 4–5 billion range for at least a few thousand years in North America. The vast majority of post-flood mammalian and bird fossils are found in such areas or in traps like tar pits and salt lick quagmires. We need to keep in mind that terrestrial animals are not readily fossilized, especially ones that did not frequent coastal plains, bogs, tundra, or congregate near rivers. Why Don’t We Find Marsupial Fossils on a Trail from Ararat to Australia? Since Scripture states that all air-breathing terrestrial animal kinds left the ark and repopulated the world, creation researchers need to have viable answers to the question of Australia’s fauna. Just this brief listing of animals makes clear that Australian fauna is vastly different from what we see in North America, Europe, and Asia.įor creation biologists, paleontologists, and researchers, one of the most frequently asked questions concerning animal biogeography is, Why Australia’s animals are so unique? And the second is then, How did they get there? Perhaps the frequent skeptical questions, Did kangaroos hop all the way to Australia? and, Why aren’t there marsupial fossil trails from Turkey to Australia? brings this into focus. The (likely) extinct Thylacine, also called the Tasmanian tiger, once called Tasmania and mainland Australia home. The infamous Tasmanian devil (which looks nothing like the Warner Brothers cartoon character) lives in Tasmania and has been reintroduced to the Australian mainland. There are also large flightless birds native to Australia: the emu, cassowary, and the smallest species of penguin, aptly named the little penguin or the fairy penguin (they are also native to New Zealand). They instantly bring to mind their Australian homeland. Some of Australia’s marsupials are iconic, such as kangaroos, koalas, and wombats. It also has all but three marsupial orders living there, the exceptions being Didelphimorphia (which includes South American opossums and the Virginia possum), Paucituberculata (the caenolestid “rat” or “shrew” opossums), and Microbiotheria (the monito del monte Dromiciops gliroides). It is home to the only two extant monotremes (egg-laying mammals): the platypus and the echidna, also called the spiny anteater (although the echidna also inhabits New Guinea). ![]()
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