More Pictures of Tasmanian Devils (without DFTD)

A Poor Devil With DFTD

Terrible disease, isn't it?
Please help these poor creatures!

Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD)

The Tasmanian Devil have been endangered mostly because of Devil Facial Tumour Disease (Also known as DFTD). It is a terrible disease. It is facial cancer spread by biting. Very contagious. For example, if a devil with DFTD ate a dead animal and another devil ate the same animal, that 2nd devil is now likely to have DFTD. This disease has been around for about since 1996. The devils' population has decreased over 80%! Fortunately, many people kindly donated and volunteered to help the Tasmanian Devil, but your help matters. You can see how you can help in my 'How can you help?' post. Please help these poor creatures!

Tasmanian Devil Pictures

More information about Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian devils are almost always black and have white spots around its chest. They are about 30 cm in length and can weigh up to 12 kg. They are marsupials so the females carry their youngs in their pouches. Tasmanian Devil pretty much eats anything and they eat 5-10 % of their body weight each day! (If a Devil weighs 10 kg, they will eat about 1 kg per DAY.) Thylacines (or also known as Tasmanian Tiger) used to hunt Tasmanian Devils, but now they're extinct. Large birds hunt young devils in the day and large nocturnal animals hunt the young devils at night. If the adult devils are really, really desperate, they might even eat the young Tasmanian Devils! Adult devils don't have any predators.

Videos on Tasmanian Devil

This is a very good video on Tassie Devil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyvPjn2m240

Other videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8GeWvBS-vs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU44KwIfBXM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRlK8ln2k5Y

How can you help?

If you want to help the Tamanian Devil, you can donate money to 'Save the Tasmanian Devil' program or WWF (World Wildlife Fund), you can volunteer in 'Devil Facial Tumour Disease Team' or you can adopt a Tasmanian Devil from WWF. For more information, visit www.tassiedevil.com.au or http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/EKOE-75M7UZ?open or http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/EKOE-6FA6QB?open.

Geographical Data

Wild Tasmanian Devils can only be found in island Tasmania (Australia). Usually, Tasmanian Devils are found in the northern, eastern and central parts of Tasmania. There are a lot of farms in that areas and when animals die, devils will sometimes eat the remains.

Facts about Tasmanian Devil

Did you know...
1, That they are the largest living marsupial carnivore living?
2, That Devil Facial Tumour Disease has made the devils' population decrease up to 80%?
3, That their scientific name is Sarcophilus Harrisii?
4, That more than 2000 Tasmanian Devils are killed by cars!

Tasmanian Devil

This blog will be about Tasmanian Devils.