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Tasmanian Devils
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by Matthey Jones, January 2017
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The Tasmanian devil is a wild meat-eating mar。
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only on the island of Tasmania, Australia. A marsupi
ial is a type |
9f mammal. Their babies start to grow in a pouch on the th |
Other
Stomach, jike kangaroos. Tasmanian devils are night h
unters. They |
have dark fur。 a good sense of smell, and a strong bite.
Theyre IS
the biggest meat-eating marsupial in the world. Today these animal
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are Tasmania's icon, but this wasnt always the case. In the early |
1800s, they were thought of as pests by the early European Settlers|
So they hunted the Tasmanian devils. This led to a decline in th
population. Currently, Tasmanian devils are on the endangereq |
Species jist. To prevent their extinction, the Australian government
started the “Save the Tasmanian Devil Program* in 2003 to monitor
and assist Tasmanian devils in the wild.
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There are numerous reasons for the dechne of the Tasmanian |
devils, but the population started declining rapidly after the arrival ot
a virus known as devil facial tumour disease in the mid-90s
The Number of Tasmanian Devils
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