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Has anyone else seen one? Have you got a Photo?
If so, please contact me.
Thanks,
Xina.
geoffjy
29-07-2008, 03:10 PM
Hi Xina,
I havnt seen any ringtailed quolls around at all. Googled it on the net and the only thing i can get is ringtailed possums. Dont know if it is any use to you but a tourist spotted a northern quoll here the other day.
Geoff
Thanks Geoff, but that's not the sort of ringtail. The ones we saw had Black and White banded tails, something like a Ringtailed Lemur.
Cheers,
xina.
You won't find them in any books etc., because as far as I know, they have never been recorded yet. I just wish we'd had a camera at the time.
The only thing i could come up with is this harhar! :cool:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/dave720gtr/ThylacineHobart1933__top.jpg
mabe you seen a tiger xina, thay look a bit like a quoll
i was reading some were that a fella spoted what he thought was a tasie tiger up in the kimberlys
Hi Dave, don't laugh, but I thought I may have seen one of them (without stripes) one night in bright moonlight at Wattle Hill. By that time, I needed to wear glasses, and I turned to get them, but before I got them on it was gone. It was about 12-18 ft. from me, and I could see that the rear end was more like a tiger than a dingo or dog even without my glasses on.
Cheers,
xina.
geoffjy
30-07-2008, 08:19 AM
Hi Dave, don't laugh, but I thought I may have seen one of them (without stripes) one night in bright moonlight at Wattle Hill. By that time, I needed to wear glasses, and I turned to get them, but before I got them on it was gone. It was about 12-18 ft. from me, and I could see that the rear end was more like a tiger than a dingo or dog even without my glasses on.
Cheers,
xina.
May last year i saw a Queensland Tiger. Same species as a Thylacine. It was just north of Weipa. I wish i had a camera then. It took a while to get off the road. A friend saw 2 back in the 80's around the Coen area.
Did a google search for them and it turns out there had been various sightings over the years.
Cheers,
Geoff
geoffjy
30-07-2008, 08:21 AM
They are believed to have been wiped. The reason for this being that they cant run fast and the dingo's have killing them and eating their food sources. (According to the net).
Nedly
30-07-2008, 01:29 PM
Green pythons, ringtailed Quolls, Queensland Tigers......
So much to keep a look out for, might have to have the camera glued to my eye.
yeah nedly you just never know whats out there in the dark lurking behind you ,theres a big black cat lurking around weipa
found this intresting read !
20051208 - In the dry season dark (AirForce The Official newspaper of the Royal Australian Air Force.)
Stationed in a small observation post at RAAF Scherger (near Kakadu & Weipa), an ADG patrol encountered a creature they couldn’t explain. Private John Wellfare reports.
A patrol of airfield defence guards had a spine-tingling brush with some of far north Queensland’s more exotic wildlife when deployed to RAAF Scherger for Exercises Northern Awakening and Kakadu.
Stationed at a small observation post near the base’s sand quarry, the ADGs, from No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron’s No. 4 Rifle Flight, encountered a large and unidentifiable “creature” on two separate occasions, both at night.
Leading Aircraftmen Mathew Cash, Cy Holland and Chris Hey had been sent out to intercept a Mauveland special forces team that had launched a raid on the base and was withdrawing along a creek line near their position.
The three ADGs, accompanied by a dog and its handler, moved from the creek line to the other side of the quarry, planning to intercept the enemy group as they entered the clearing.
Leading Aircraftman Cash explained what happened next.
“We came across the quarry and pulled up, looked around and this creature was sniffing on the ground, following exactly where we’d come through,” he said.
“It pulled up on a mound [about 50m away] and just sat there.
“We had our night weapon sight and our [night vision] on, watching it, and [the creature] was just sitting there sniffing and watching us.”
He said the creature stood about waist high on all fours, had a small head, was spotted and moved like a cat.
Leading Aircraftman Holland couldn’t reach a logical verdict on what type of animal it was.
“The two front legs were bigger than the two back legs, [with] big shoulder blades,” he said. “I would have said it was a hyena, but obviously we don’t have hyenas here.”
Even the trained tracking and attack dog seemed put off by the sight of the unusual creature; it quietly crept to the back of the group and stayed out of sight.
When asked about the creature, RAAF Scherger’s chief caretaker Flight Sergeant Brian Hughes believed he knew the answer.
“That’s the speckled boar,” he said. “There’s a boar that’s white and black and sort of grey colours in the quarry area.
“Unless it’s a dingo – some of the dingos get a really weird colour to them.”
But Leading Aircraftman Hey disagrees.
“No way,” he said. “It wasn’t a pig and it was no dog. Even the dog handler said it wasn’t a dog; it didn’t move like a dog.
“It was weird looking – it was something that we’d all never seen before.”
After the first sighting, which, coincidentally, occurred on the night of a full moon, some of the patrol members scanned the quarry for signs of the animal and found a large and unusual footprint.
Two nights later, the next time the Air Force dog was with the patrol, the creature appeared again at about 5am and lingered within 10m of the observation post. Again, the ADGs could not identify it.
In the dry season dark (AirForce The Official newspaper of the Royal Australian Air Force.)
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We have a beast like that lurking around buderim here on the sunny coast
google (buderim beast)
Nedly
30-07-2008, 07:39 PM
You have to wonder about some of these "reports" with surnames like Wellfare, Cash & Hey.
Don't think I'll be looking for boars of a night.
What do names have to do with anything Nedly? I know I'm not the brightest bulb on the planet, but I don't understand where you're coming from there. As for large pigs, there was one the height of a good sized weaner that lived around the bottom end of Temple Bay near the inlets when I lived up there. (Mid-80s.) That was scary to see. Gave it a wide berth.
Cheers,
xina.
Nedly
30-07-2008, 09:29 PM
What do names have to do with anything Nedly? I know I'm not the brightest bulb on the planet, but I don't understand where you're coming from there. As for large pigs, there was one the height of a good sized weaner that lived around the bottom end of Temple Bay near the inlets when I lived up there. (Mid-80s.) That was scary to see. Gave it a wide berth.
Cheers,
xina.
Never mind me, just a warped sense of humour :)
yeah agree ,some good ones crack me up .hidden messagers ,, theres a 10 part vido on youtube about the Thylacine on the main land and tasi a bit over the top though .but a lot of sightings in WA
I wish I knew how to send things to the forum site. I just found the photo of a Tiger Cat (NOT A QUOLL) that was killed at Kenilworth in 1953. It's in the back of a Ute, and the head is resting on a 4 ltr. drum. I have got the measurements somewhere, but I'll have to look for them in daylight. If anyone wants to let me have their email address, I can send it through if you're interested.
It's not what is called the Queensland Tiger either. That is supposed to be striped.
Cheers,
xina.
Forgot to give you mine.
xina@tadaust.org.au
Is this the pic xina
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/dave720gtr/tigercat75dpismall.jpg
intresting looks a lot like a quoll with them spots with big teeth.harhar!
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/dave720gtr/tigercat75dpi.jpg
theres no way thats a 4lt paint tin 1lt by the looks to me , i paint houses for a living so i have a fare ider on paint tins sizes..
to put pic up on the sight go here
http://photobucket.com/?special_track=nav_logo
open acount up load pics from your hard drive to your photo bucket takes two sec if you size them down,
then you can right click /copy the direct link code under the pic you want to show us .come back in here hit reply left click on the icon above that says insert image ,a windo opens up right click past code in the box ,click ok
and your done .preview your post to see if it worked first.before you submit your reply . sounds like a lot of messing around but once you done it a few times its ease ,
denne@fastnetisp.com.au
That's the one Dave. Re. the paint tin, I was quoting another website's version. Wasn't really sure about that myself. The head is very much bigger, and the Jaws look more like a Thylacines' than a Quolls' don't you think?
Looks like you're interested in some of the same things I am.
I'm originally from Glasshouse Mountains, and there are still strange things seen and heard in that area. When I was a small child, I saw 2 very large Cats on our farm near Ngun-ngun. I remember being punished for making up stories when I told my parents about them. I was about 4 years old, and they were taller than I was. Years later in a book, I read an account by Ion Idriess of something he had seen up in Cape York, and it sounded just like the cats I had seen.
My sister still has a farm there, and occasionally something comes through the nut trees at night that freaks out the local dogs.
I've got Stan Tutts article about the one in the photo somewhere. I'll find it and try your advice about photobucket. Thanks for that by the way.
Cheers,
xina.
Yeah no worrie xina !it has a big jaw just like a tasie tiger i agree ,hum stange one.
other than that it looks like any other quoll pic the colour marking and size
so it must be a quoll ? narst looking little kriter:p
the paint tin size? i was ready the same on the other sight . i had not seen the hole pic at that stage! it could be a 2lt at most. to me it looks no biger than a fox
harhar yes i like reading the storys on the net about strange happenings shall we say :) theirs no dout about the big cats though as a fella in VIC hi country shot one not to long ago and cut its tail off and took pics .thay dna tested it and it turned out to be a puma ,
some of the background to as how thay got here was that american solders based in the cape in 1942 had pumas as pets ,then released them after the war ended,others escaped zooz ect
cheers
geoffjy
01-08-2008, 09:45 AM
I can remember when i was researching the Thylacine i came across reports of sightings of a large black cat. Must have been a Puma. I cant remember the websitet but one i came across had a map of Oz and there were wierd sightings marked all over it. Most were in NSW. There were a couple of sighitings in Cape York.
I joined a forum on Thylacines and it wasnt until several months later that quite possibly the sightings were of a QLD Tiger. Same family as a Tassie Tiger. He was also doing an article on Tigers. It was supposed to be published this year sometitme.
Be great if you could remember that site Geoff. There are quite a few as you know. Might take me years to find it and check it out.
Cheers,
xina.
My nephew told me last night that about a month ago, he got a photo of what appears to be a Puma on the farm, which is at the foot of Ngungun, at Glasshouse Mountains. He's going to e-mail me a copy. Can't wait to see it.
Cheers,
xina.
cool i will like to see it as well.:rolleyes:
this is the one a fella in gippsland VIC shot! looks to big for a demestic cat as dna suggests? other experts recon puma
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/dave720gtr/?action=view¤t=kurt2.jpg
yetti
10-08-2008, 09:04 AM
howdy all,
is interesting topic...one of you guys mentioned the Buderim beast. I grew up down the back of buderim...mons school rd...in the late 70's early 80's. like you xina, i was in all sorts of strife for 'making up' stories of a huge cat like creature. a saw it three times between the ages of 7 and 16. it was bigger than a big great dane, and definitely of the feline pursuasion. i'm sure it wasnt a puma/big cat type creature, nose was pointed, and didnt look anything like kimba the white lion...or tigger from winee the pooh, for that matter.
i am now lucky enough to live at the very top of the cape, on the beach in the bush in the middle of nowhere! over the last 7 years ive heard plenty of stories of unusual critters living up here since the war, bears, pumas etc. personally ive never seen anything, although i have heard some interesting noises in the scrub at night, and found a pig carcus 4 yrs ago that appeared to have its head bitten off, ...a croc maybe??... definitely not, was on a rocky escarpment approx 6kms from the coast!
go figure....
by the way dann, it wasnt the same day i saw the python!
Cheers,
mite see some of you when your up here
hi yetti welcome aboard mate! the more locals living on the cape we have on this site the better i say" lucky bugger!
mons road hay ! know it well,i am just around the corner. this side of the mt is were most sighting accur.we have had a few goats killed and ripped apart.i put it down the wild dogs .!then one arvo i spot a dingo stalking them we had a baited dog trap set up with a inferred camara for 2 weeks . but nothing turned up !there to smart for that.
the pig story is a strange one .what could do that to a pig ? only a human or croc? if a pack of dogs killed it thay would eat the most part not the head
cheers dave
Welcome Yetti,
Interesting name. Please keep your eyes peeled for my Ringtailed Quoll. Whereabouts are you? There have been reported sightings on Wattle Hill of a Marsupial Tapir (by more than one person) at different times, usually just before the wet. For anyone interested, if you google The Holdsworth Collection
click on Big Cats Entry Page, you will come to a site with a number of headings. Click on to the relevant site, and you'll find info. on some things the late Barb. Holdsworth collected over the years in the Portland Roads area.
Cheers,
xina.
PS. Have you heard the Screaming Woman yet?
Stacky
10-08-2008, 06:25 PM
Hey Yetti,
Welcome to the forum.
I also lived on the sunny coast. It must be the traffic lights and line ups at banks that drive us so nuts we get as far away as possible. Lookout Dave will be next.
I remember reading about the buderim beast in the paper while living there years ago.
I figure the amount of population down that way now and people spending time in the bush,than if these stories were true they would be sighted more often.
I reckon your headless pig you found on the escarpment would be on someones wall as a trophy. Although sometimes it can get a bit creepy deep in the bush on your own up here.
Sorry if i took the wind out of the sails but they make good campfire stories.
Xina,
I'm still looking for your spotted Quoll and now Dan has me looking for a green goanna.
Hi Stacky,
If it's the one I think it is, the Australia Zoo mob caught one quite a few years ago, just as they were on their way back South after a fruitless trip to Iron Range NP, to find it. I was told by an employee that they found it at the last creek crossing going out. It was on an overhanging branch. I can't find my Reptile book to give you more info. It's in there. It's one we share with New Guinea.
Cheers,
xina.
PS. If I remember rightly, it also has a pre-hensile tail. Latin name Varanus Prasinus. Can grow to 3 metres in Irian Jaya. Don't know about here. Common name is Emerald Monitor.
If you Google Emerald Monitor on the web, click on the Wikipedia site, to get a Photo.
This fella got some good footage of what looks to me like a big black cat
in australia "ie puma, you decide for your self . this is a new vid only uploaded a week ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3yzg94Y4QQ
yetti
10-08-2008, 07:49 PM
hey crew,
interesting topic eh? what you say is true dave, heaps more people now in that area, when i was in mons school rd there was a farm across the road, now....450 houses. anyways, the kitty i saw had been seen by others in the area also, mainly by older locals i recall, unfortunately i'd say the more people hasnt disproved its existence, more likely buried it with a dozer, then put some crap house over the top of it!!
stacky, i can see where your coming from with the trophy angle, thing is it wasnt a trophy bore, it was remote country, and also it was february, so the only people in the area were myself and the guy who i was with and me. the pig carcus was reasonably fresh also. having said that, who knows?? it spun us out!
xina, whats the screaming woman?? a night curlew??
take care
You're on the right track Yetti. It is a bird. You only hear it at night, and it sounds just like a woman being murdered horribly. Very creepy to hear if you're on your own, and don't know what it is. I think I was told it was a Spoonbill. It sounds nothing like a curlew.
Cheers,
xina.
No sign of the photo yet guys. I'll ring tomorrow and try and hurry it up. I wish he'd hurry up with it.
Cheers,
xina.
thats ok xina no hurry ! its gota beat the RUBBER"bigfoot in the freezer pic:p
bloody redneck took off after a casino payed them 50k for it harhar ! when it thawed out thay descoverd it was a rubber bigfoot suit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AOgKx3k3uQ&NR=1
It's arrived tonight guys, but I still can't put it on. I've asked someone to do it for me, so I hope you'll see it before too long. It's not very clear I'm afraid, and you can't get any idea of the size. I've asked Paul if he can make it any clearer. Bit of a let down, but better than nothing I suppose.
Cheers,
xina.
Here is the pic that xina sent me to post on the site. Hope it helps.
good pic ! looks like a big cat alright.and not a demestic type nether! roo shoots out west shoot some big feral cats .some can grow rather large .and that one would be right up with some the bigest ones if it was a feral . but i dont think it is
Hi guys, Paul is going to send me a better shot. He said it stands about middle of thigh height. He's put a marker on one of the trees so that next time he'll have a more accurate idea of the height.
Thanks for that Ant.
Cheers,
xina.
Stacky, I just found the Reptile book, (Printed in ' 88).
Don't knock yourself out trying to see an actual GREEN goanna.( Varanus Prasinus).
" All known Australian individuals are black, with the area from snout to about eyes, pale bluish green. Short yellowish bar may extend from above ear opening to behind eye. Ground colour of extralimital populations (particularly on mainlnd New Guinea) may be vivid green marked with narrow irregular blackish brown bands. Ventral surfaces pale yellowish green. Palms and soles of feet black."
"Reports of 'green' emerald monitors in Australia have usually been attributed to V. Indicus, observed in poor lighting conditions."
Hope this saves you some trouble.
xina.
PS. No more Cat shots yet.
If you watched the Irwin segment of 60 minutes tonight Stacky, the little spotty Goanna was Varanus Indicus.
Cheers,
xina.
Stacky
15-09-2008, 07:09 AM
Thanks for the update Xina,
i haven't been to keen lately searching for for stuff in the bush. Mostly because my camera is broken and if i saw something unusual i would be struggling to convince people of it, a bit like Batesy's metre plus Barra.
I went for a long walk south along the beach from 'Old Mission' yesterday just doing a bit of beach combing. It's a great feeling being the only footprints on the beach.
Hey Xina, those underwater sea mines from WWii that i heard you mention in the thread around Temple Bay, are they large round solid steel balls. I now have seen 2 seperate ones now, one with a quarter panel cut out of about 2 feet in diameter and one whole one of about 4 ft diameter. I doubt there mines but i'm curious to what they are!! They have a smooth outside surface before the rust has started. They are very solid with the one cut is about 20mm or more thick steel. They couldn't be an anchor type for Bouy's or marker's cause there round and would have dragged along the bottom.
Anyway maybe someone could put my curious brain from straining to rest.
Hi Stacky,
I wouldn't doubt Batesys' metre long Barra. at all. We got bigger ones than that in a bait net at Temple Bay. One, I couldn't quite get the tail off the sand, holding it by the gills, to almost shoulder height. I'm about 5ft 6.
The mine I saw, was taller than me, and ( I don't know what you call them ) had blunt spikes? sticking out all around it. I dont know what your items are.
Just had a thought. They wouldn't have been used for ballast would they? Or maybe something to do with the mineral mines? I don't know what they were used for, but someone on Wattle Hill found some iron balls that look like cannon balls, that were from some mining operation in the area years ago. I've seen them, and they're about the size of large Grapefruit.
Cheers,
xina.
geoffjy
15-09-2008, 06:47 PM
Hi Stacky,
I
The mine I saw, was taller than me, and ( I don't know what you call them ) had blunt spikes? sticking out all around it. I dont know what your items are.
Just had a thought. They wouldn't have been used for ballast would they?
Cheers,
xina.
I came across a steel ball south of Usher point about 10 years ago that was about a 60cm diameter. I cant say for certain what it was but i have been told it was only a ballast ball.
campdog
15-09-2008, 07:32 PM
I came across a steel ball south of Usher point about 10 years ago that was about a 60cm diameter. I cant say for certain what it was but i have been told it was only a ballast ball.
I worked in a tin mine for a while and steel balls were used in a ball mill.The balls were put in a long cylinder with the ore and as it turned it crushed the ore into fine particles.Lots of mining used ball mills.
John
I once heard of a guy who had steel.......
ooops- wrong forum AGAIN!!!
campdog
15-09-2008, 09:00 PM
I once heard of a guy who had steel.......
ooops- wrong forum AGAIN!!!
Was his name Rusty.
Normie
22-09-2008, 09:14 PM
Hey xina, did you ever find out if anyone has seen a ringtailed quoll?
A little critter ran across the road in front of Ant's cruiser when we were up near the wenlock.
Ant tried to run it down but I think he'd had too many golden throat charmers and was too slow.
Anyway this critter looked a lot like a tiger quoll but grey in colour and with a white ring around its tail near the end......
If you've seen the right one Normie, you've given me the best Birthday present I could have had. Thank you.
Cheers,
xina.
fishingal
08-10-2008, 12:29 PM
Hey xina,
not sure if you heard the news a little while ago (year or so ) but there was claims made of a ringtail quoll sited on Maggie island off townsville. Not sure how true it was but I know there where rangers over there looking for it.
Haven't heard about that one Fishingal. Thanks. Obviously the research mob missed that one too. I'll pass it on to them.
Cheers,
xina.
geoffjy
08-10-2008, 02:54 PM
In what area are the most sightings of this Quoll xina?
Hi Geoff,
I only know personally of mine, (two different? animals) one on a single day, and the other every day for about 3 or 4 weeks, in 1984, and Normie and Ants' sighting last month, one night, of a single animal.
My sightings were on Bromley Holding, on the East Coast, while the other, was on the south side of the Wenlock, towards the West Coast.
Cheers,
xina.
yetti
15-10-2008, 09:08 AM
gday xina,
i have a photo of two quolls that were a little unlucky on a telstra box.
they were sent to me by a mate who works for Telstra.
sad result for the lil buggers, but may be helpful to you.
i have been looking regularly in my back yar for the critter norm took a picture of, (gday Norm), but no luck as yet, however my place has been a little busy of late (guests etc).
i still don't know how to use photo bucket, so if you would like a copy of the photo, PM me with an email addy, and i can send you the pics. The phot is not gruesome or anything, but may be helpful to you. I've also got a few prime photos of a female croc that is nesting behind my hse, from 2 nights ago, if your interested.
cheers mate,
bat
Bat- go to the 'Latest News' thread and look at the post 'How to attach images through the forum'.
I am sure we would all like to see the pics you have, particularly the croc nest- wow.
Hey xina,
not sure if you heard the news a little while ago (year or so ) but there was claims made of a ringtail quoll sited on Maggie island off townsville. Not sure how true it was but I know there where rangers over there looking for it.
That was a Northern Quoll Fishingal. Different kettle of fish.[No pun intended.]
Cheers,
xina.
plucker
08-02-2009, 10:59 PM
Dont know if anyone saw it but the latest Malcom Douglas adventures on the weekend, did talk about native Quolls found in Kakadu.
He mentioned within months of the cane toad arrival, they virtually disappeared. They have set up a captive breeding program to give these guys a chance but don't hold much hope at this stage.
I know it is a bit out of the way and not a Ringtailed one but maybe that is what has happened in the Cape.
Plucker, Ant and another Forum member saw one in September last year. Ant didn't get a good look at it as he was driving, but the other guy reckons it's the kind I saw.
Cheers,
xina.
plucker
09-02-2009, 06:11 PM
Lets hope these little guys suvive the cane toad hurdle.
Hi Plucker,
I think the Northern Quoll is still around up there. Some of Geoffs' mates have seen them , and someone, [I think Bat or Geoff] sent me a photo of 2 which had gotten fried on a Telstra Transformer [I think that's what it was].I'll send it to you. Wish I could just e-mail photos to this site. I'll never get the hang of the way you guys do it.
I will get to those Orchid names soon. My sister left last week, so I'll have more time again now.
Cheers,
xina.
plucker
09-02-2009, 11:06 PM
Here is a photo from Xina
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pluckerup/quall3.jpg
How did you do that so fast?
xina.
plucker
09-02-2009, 11:17 PM
majic he he
Those guys look smaller than the ones we spotted. May be just the angle of the image, or the red wine!!!!!!!
majic he he
That's my line Plucker.
cheers,
xina.
yetti
10-02-2009, 12:52 AM
glad you liked the photo xina, matt from telstra sent me that one. Is a shame not one but two met the same fate. I have got some more somewhere here, will have a look.
cheers
Bat
plucker
30-06-2009, 10:33 PM
Saturday's Townsville Bulletin has reported that there have been rare sightings of the Northern Quoll.
These sightings have been in the Mission Beach area for the last 2 months.
One was accidentally captured in a rat trap in the Bingil Bay area and later released. Rangers are surveying the area for the next 2 weeks for further signs.
The known habitats for these endangered species are in Cape York and the Atherton Tablelands, according to the story.
geoffjy
01-07-2009, 05:18 AM
I have seen a couple of notices around lately stating that they are looking for this peticular animal, cant remember whether it was a quoll or possum. When i am next up town i will keep my eyes out for it.
Hi guys,
I know you'll have other things on your minds most of the time, but please keep an eye out for the Quoll with the Banded Tail, or anything else unusual. A photo would be fantastic.
Hope I can be there next year,
Cheers,
xina.
Normie
16-10-2009, 11:25 PM
Hey Xina,
Guess where i'll be in a couple of weeks' time?
With camera and spotlight.
Maybe I'll see my old mate again!
Nomie
Fantastic Normie!!! I'm really hoping you see it again. Glad you've got the camera with you, as a shot of one would be absolutely marvellous.
Happy hunting,
Cheers,
xina.
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