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.