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you might find this thread useful, https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/question-how-come-humans-never-domesticated-spotted-hyneas.382129/ I asked a scientist from this hyena research program http://hyenas.zoology.msu.edu/research/crocuta.html Why the spotted hyena was never...

What do the various cultures of this Australia think about fossils ? Do they think they are the remains of monsters or gods? Do they see any connections between them and present day animals? Are they held to have any curative powers as they are in traditional Chinese medicine ?

The Green Antarctica TL has some really badass war sloths in it (that are put to some pretty squick inducing uses) https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/green-antarctica-the-last-continent.158364/

Well, I know they ancient Roman physician Galen dissected primates to understand human anatomy and in Medieval times Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi of Bagdad tested Mercury on monkeys to see what dosage would be safe for humans

Well, I am going to ask the question that everyone knows I am going to ask.What about primates? I thought of two reasons the Australians might bring them over 1) In Asia monkeys have been trained to gather coconuts for centuries Might some Australians import them for use in gathering...

I know they are mentioned in L. Sprague de Camp's novel An Elephant for Aristotle The main character is a Greek soldier who served under Alexander the Great.At one point in the novel he brags that his family owns "A fine old mouser named Typhon" but he is considerate enough to keep the snake...

rhinoceros and stag beetles are popular in Japan https://www.tofugu.com/japan/pet-beetles-in-japan/

First of all , let me apologize profusely for neglecting your wonderful TL for so long. Life has been throwing me a lot of curve balls in the past year, which I have not been dealing with very well. I intend to make up for lost time over the next day Why pink? Was that something that was common...

It is from an old magazine called Epic, but unfortunately that was all that was ever done with those characters or setting.

true, but hippos are not predators even though they have been known to munch on carcasses

Reading this comment https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/lands-of-red-and-gold-act-ii.286304/page-95#post-14943489 in the Lands of Red and Gold TL got me thinking . Are there any cases in recorded history of large predators being deliberately introduced into an area they were not...

On a related note, have any Australians begun to wonder why the mammals from they outside world they have encountered are not marsupials like most of the mammals of Australia

Would my idea of establishing a wild population of cheetahs as a source of tame cheetahs have any merit?

Now I know that large predators being deliberately introduced into a wilderness area is extremely unlikely (IIRC the fact that no one ever attempted to do that in real world history, would make it unlikely thing for people to do anywhere) Likewise , I don't think there have been any cases of...

Have any wealthy Aururians started keeping menageries of animals imported from the outside world. I know many monarchs in the real world throughout history have.

A swashbuckling tale of mutated humans and animals on a post-apocalyptic Earth

Have live made a impression on the Aururians who have encountered them? Have there been any attempts to bring a live specimen to Australia?

Is there a large demand for ivory with the Aururians ? Will this possbily put elephants under even more pressure than OTL?