Here's the latest cool critter at Mauka to Makai. The real Tasmanian Devil is a little different from the cartoon version. It's a whole lot smarter, a lot kinkier and more precocious. It's also an endangered species.
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Cool Critter: Tasmanian Devil
(via maukamakai.wordpress.com)
Submitted by mauka2makai on Mon, 2008-08-25 20:16. | Tags: nature | DFTD | endangered species | marsupial | Tasmania | tasmanian devil | Taz
Tasmanian Devil To Be Endangered
(via greenopolis.com)
Austrailia is planning on making the Tasmanian Devil endangered this week due to an outbreak of contagious cancer.
Submitted by CommonDavid on Tue, 2008-05-20 13:41. | Tags: nature | endangered | tasmanian devil
Could the Tasmanian devil evolve and save itself from extinction?
(via www.plentymag.com)
More than half of all wild Tasmanian devils have died over the last 12 years, victims of a bizarre, communicable cancer called devil facial tumor disease (DFTD).
Submitted by johnplatt on Tue, 2008-04-01 14:02. | Tags: nature | science | endangered species | tasmanian devil
