21. Boing Boing: The Horrible Grunt Of The Tasmanian Devil Tasmanian Devil (Click image for enlargement and see update below) UPDATE Charming video of tasmanian devils devouring a roadkill wallaby. Link http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/24/the_horrible_grunt_o.html

@import url(http://www.boingboing.net/table.css); suggest a site rss archives store ... john Sponsored by: HOWTO: Get a link posted to Boing Boing Boing Boing Mobile powered by Winksite Fark rules! Our Linking Policy This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Stats (About our stats) Our first five years' worth of posts in one file Monday, January 24, 2005 The horrible grunt of the Tasmanian devil (Click image for enlargement and see update below) Jim Mitchell sez: "There's an unbelievably good audio file of a howling Tasmanian Devil in the travel section Sunday's SFGate.com. This may be the worst sound ever emitted by a carbon-based life form." Link UPDATE: Boing Boing reader Mike has requested that someone make a ringtone out of this. Great idea. I just uploaded it to freeloader.com. Link UPDATE: Lesley Miller sez: "The photo you used to accompany today's post on the Tasmanian Devil doesn't do them justice. I visited the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland last year, and took the attached photo of one their Devils. I used to say that all animals with snouts are cute, but I've had to adjust that view in light of seeing the Tasmanian Devil in person. "The zookeeper said that when they find road kill on the way to work, they pick it up, freeze it for 6 months to kill any bacteria, then feed it to the Devils. While they didn't have any to feed them the day I was there, I did witness a regular feeding: a chicken carcass in a cardboard box, securely taped shut. They tossed the box in the Devil's habitat, and he attacked it, shredding bits of cardboard with his teeth and claws. It only took about 15 seconds before his head was in the box, crunching on the chicken bones. It was absolutely horrific watching this little mammal go into such a feeding frenzy."

22. Tasmanian Devil 24, 2000) In Bugs Bunny cartoons, the Tasmanian Devil was a savage, tasmanian devils are mainly scavengers that feed on dead wallabies and sheep. http://exn.ca/AustraliaAnimals/tasmaniandevil.cfm

Tasmanian Devil (By David McCormick In Bugs Bunny cartoons, the Tasmanian Devil was a savage, ill-tempered beast that walked on two legs. In reality, the animal, which is a marsupial, isn't much of a hunter at all. Tasmanian devils are mainly scavengers that feed on dead wallabies and sheep. They also eat the larvae of some beetles and have been known to attack poultry. The coat is black and brown, and there is a whitish breast mark. They also have large jaws and strong teeth. Named for their devilish expression and husky snarl, Tasmanian devils grow to between 50 and 80 centimetres long. They have a 23 to 30 centimetre long bushy tail. Female Tasmanian devils give birth to three or four young, which remain in the pouch for about five months. They were once common all throughout Australia but because farmers believed it killed their livestock and poultry, Tasmanian Devils were exterminated there. Now, they only live on the island of Tasmania in remote rocky areas.

23. Tasmanian Devil tasmanian devils are mainly scavengers that feed on dead wallabies and sheep. Named for their devilish expression and husky snarl, tasmanian devils grow http://exn.ca/html/templates/printstory.cfm?ID=2000082452

24. NPR - Radio Expeditions: The Tasmanian Devil tasmanian devils are found only on Tasmania, an island off the southern coast of The Tasmanian devil has adapted to development by turning to a new food http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/1998/apr/19980430.tasmanian.html

Back to npr.org var SA_ID="nprpix;npr"; The Tasmanian Devil Listen to the show The latest NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition is to the island of Tasmania to meet the legendary Tasmanian devil. This ferocious animal, named for its nasty disposition and island of origin, is unlike the Warner Brothers cartoon character a small, black marsupial that walks on four legs. Roughly the size of a large beagle, the devil is characterized by its sharp teeth, aggressive stance and voracious appetite. Tasmanian devils are found only on Tasmania, an island off the southern coast of Australia. And surprisingly, their population is increasing. Wildlife experts believe there are more devils alive now than there were before the introduction of roads and cars. A major reason for the population boom is industrialization, a phenomenon that normally destroys native species. The Tasmanian devil has adapted to development by turning to a new food source roadkill. National Geographic photographer David Doubilet journeyed to Tasmania and spoke to John and Carolyn Hamilton, proprietors of a local wildlife center where orphaned and injured devils are taken in, rehabilitated, and when possible, released. The Tasmanian Devil

25. NPR : Cancer Could Wipe Out Tasmanian Devils The Tasmanian devil, one of the world s most unusual animals, is in danger of extinction. A mysterious form of cancer has killed as many as half the devils http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4513438

26. The Tasmanian Devil .. Wild tasmanian devils often appear battlescarred and have bald patches on their coats. tasmanian devils are found in all Tasmanian habitats, http://www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/tasmanian/devil.html

27. Tasmanian Devils Tour Name, Price From. tasmanian devils, Starting from AUD $61 per person tasmanian devils, per person. Season, Apr 1, 2005 to Mar 31, 2006 http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure/product_show.jsp?ID=1010&PRODUCTID=1016

28. The Environmental Literacy Council - Tasmanian Devil The nonanimated version of the Tasmanian devil is a nocturnal carnivorous marsupial. tasmanian devils are nocturnal, and have a very healthy appetite. http://www.enviroliteracy.org/subcategory.php?id=226&print=1

29. Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus Laniarus) tasmanian devils have short, broad skulls covered with masses of muscle. The main food source is carrion, as the Tasmanian Devil is an inefficient http://brainmuseum.org/Specimens/marsupalia/tasdevil/

Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus laniarus) Whole brain photographs Standard views Coronal section through middle of brain Physical characteristics and distribution Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus laniarus The single living species of Sarcophilus today is harrasii, found only in Tasmania. It porbably one occupied most of the Australian mainland, but was in direct competition with the introduced dingo. Head and body length is from 525 - 800 mm with tail length from 230 - 300 mm. Males range in weight from 5.5 - 11.8 kg. and females between 4.1 and 8.1 kg. Overall coloration is blackish brown or black with a white throat patch, one or two white patches on the rump and sides and a pinkish snout. Tasmanian Devils have short, broad skulls covered with masses of muscle. The molar teeth are developed into extremely strong bone crushers, like those of hyenas. The diet consists of a variety of vertebrates and invertebrates including poisonous snakes, and a small amount of plant material. The main food source is carrion, as the Tasmanian Devil is an inefficient killer. Preferred are wallabies, wombats, sheep, and rabbits. Every part of the carcass is consumed, including the fur and bones.

30. Animal Planet :: Australia Zoo -- Tasmanian Devils The Crocodile Hunter Animal Planet Australia Zoo tasmanian devils. http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/crochunter/australiazoo/31tasdevils.html

September 26, 2005 A cute but rascally Tasmanian devil. Want a closer look? Check out More Tasmanian Devil Photos Enhance your experience: Watch Tasmanian Devils in Action To learn more about the zoo, check out The Australia Zoo in Depth Ready for more? Head back to the Australia Zoo Map Tasmanian Devils The Australia Zoo is home to four very cute but rascally Tasmanian devils. The four enjoy wading in their waterfall ponds and basking on rocky escarpments inside their matching enclosures. Tasmanian devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials alive today. They assumed the title when the last thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, died in captivity in 1936. Today they are only found in Tasmania, but fossil evidence shows that devils once lived on mainland Australia. Scientists suspect that dingoes, which are an introduced species, drove both devils and thylacines to extinction on the mainland. Although Tasmanian devils have been depicted as brutish killing machines in cartoons, real Tasmanian devils are scavengers, not hunters. They use their sharp teeth, heavy molars and powerful jaws to rip through hide and crush bone and gristle of dead animals that they find while foraging. Tasmanian devils have an excellent sense of smell, which they use to locate carrion at night. Though solitary by nature, many individuals will converge on a single carcass to feed. A group of feeding devils will growl, snarl and screech at one another to establish dominance, creating quite the spectacle!

31. Tasmanian Devils By Sydney Did you know tasmanian devils are related to kangaroos? They are both marsupials, tasmanian devils have a growl that starts out as a whistle. http://www.crockerfarm.org/ac/rm02/animals/SydneyTasmanianDevil.htm

Room 2 Crocker Farm School - Mrs. Streeter's Class Room 2's Writing Animal Reports Drawing Map ... Comments Tasmanian Devils by Sydney Did you know Tasmanian devils are related to kangaroos ? They are both marsupials, which means a pouched animal. I chose the Tasmanian devil because I like Taz from Loony Tunes. Tasmanian devils have a growl that starts out as a whistle. Tasmanian devils are mammals. They're warm-blooded, have lungs, breathe oxygen from air, its young are born alive, and drink its mother's milk. They are related to opossums , and a variety of marsupial "mice" in Australia and New Guinea, as well as kangaroos Tasmanian devils hare black with white stripes around their arms, legs, head, and tails. They have a fur coat. Their body is almost 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet long. The tail is 9 to 12 inches long. They weigh 13 to 26 pounds. They can run 8 miles per hour. The female gives birth to 4 or 5 babies. They live for 7 to 8 years. Tasmanian devils live in the forest of Tasmania. Tasmania is an island near Australia. They only live in Tasmania. They make burrows in small caves and logs. Tasmanian devils have been known to eat plastic, rubber boots, and gloves. Tasmanian devils eat wallabies, kangaroo rats, mice, and poisonous snakes. Tasmanian devils hunt for food unless they find an animal that is already dead. Tasmanian devils have sharp teeth so they can eat meat and catch their own food.

32. Welcome To Perth Zoo! Wild tasmanian devils often appear battlescarred and have bald patches on tasmanian devils are nocturnal, spending the daytime sleeping in dens made in http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/wildlife_facts_au_tasdevil.html

FACT SHEETS HOME Tasmanian Devil Animal Index: AFRICAN :: African Painted Dog :: Cheetah :: Hamadryas Baboon :: Lion :: Ring-tailed Lemur :: Rothschild's Giraffe :: Slender-tailed Meerkat :: Southern White Rhinoceros :: Spotted Hyaena ASIAN :: Asian Elephant :: Nepalese Red Panda :: Oriental Small-clawed Otter :: Silvery Gibbon :: Sulewesi Crested Macaque :: Sumatran Orang-utan :: Sumatran Tiger :: Sun Bears :: White-cheeked Gibbon AUSTRALIAN :: Black-flanked Rock-wallaby :: Brushtail Possum :: Carnaby's Cockatoo :: Chuditch :: Dibbler :: Dingo :: Djoongari :: Emu :: Estuarine Crocodile :: Ghost Bat :: Koala :: Little Penguin :: Mallee Fowl :: Matschie's Tree Kangaroo :: Numbat :: Quokka :: Red Kangaroo :: Red-tailed Black Cockatoo :: Short-beaked Echidna :: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat :: Tasmanian Devil :: Western Long-billed Corella :: Western Pebble-mound Mouse :: Western Swamp Tortoise :: Woma python :: Wopilkara SOUTH AMERICAN :: Cotton-top Tamarin :: White-fronted Capuchin :: Bolivian Squirrel Monkeys Scientific Name: Sarcophilus harrisii Conservation Status: Tasmanian Devils are Australia's largest carnivorous (meat-eating) marsupial being about the same size as a large domestic cat. Their powerful jaws and teeth have the same crushing power as a dog four times their size. They are black in colour with a white band on the chest and hindquarters and have hairless pink ears. The slightly smaller females have four teats in their backward-opening pouch. Wild Tasmanian Devils often appear battle-scarred and have bald patches on their coats as a result of viscious squabbling over prey.

33. TASMANIAN DEVILS ARE NOT ALL BAD Undoubtedly, tasmanian devils finished off a few sickly lambs and calves, but to credit them with causing significant harm to healthy sheep and cows seems a http://www.uga.edu/srel/ecoviews3-11-01.htm

ECOVIEWS TASMANIAN DEVILS ARE NOT ALL BAD By Whit Gibbons Last month I saw one of the most incredible animals left on earth, a wild Tasmanian devil. This, as the saying goes, is a sight to behold, one not granted to just everyone. I was in the company of about 80 wildlife biologists from mainland Australia, most of whom had never been to Tasmania, let alone seen a devil, as they call it, in the wild. This creature is not the cartoon character familiar to many of usthe caricature of an enraged animal spinning around and around in circles. It is the largest native carnivorous marsupial left anywhere in the country of Australia. The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the Tasmanian wolf or thylacine, was much larger than the Tasmanian devil but is believed to have been driven to extinction by humans in the early to mid-1900s. Tasmania, one of the Australian states, is the big island south of Melbourne, with the next stop being Antarctica. For some reason, it is not the first place a mainland Australian chooses to visit, so the proportion of Australian natives that have seen a devil in its natural habitat is small. And since devils became extinct on the mainland at least a few hundred years ago, Tasmania is where you must be to see a wild one. The present-day Tasmanian attitude today toward these feisty little beasts is to be admired. They are completely protected by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service and are the icon of wild nature, representing a "clean green" environmental image Tasmanians are proud of. Early settlers nearly eliminated the devils by trapping or poisoning them, along with Tasmanian tigers, because of misguided notions that they harmed enough livestock to warrant making them extinct, reminiscent of our own country's attitudes toward animals that were in any way regarded as a nuisance or an inconvenience.

34. Home A lucky patron to win $1000 at the tasmanian devils Big Mac Challenge Day 2005 State Head Coach, Matthew Armstrong, was joined by tasmanian devils and http://www.footballtas.com.au/

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35. Tasmanian Devils. Man's New Best Friend? - Right Wing News (Conservative News An Right Wing News is the best source on the net for conservative news, views, interviews. http://www.rightwingnews.com/humor/taz.php

Advertising Conservative Grapevine Contact FAQ ... Links The antidote to the mainstream media. Search Support Get A Free iPod Nano! Political Insider Ad Network Quotes "Let justice be done though the heavens should fall." John Adams Tasmanian Devils. Man's New Best Friend? by John Hawkins Tasmanian devils have recently become very popular exotic pets in our country. Everyday more and more people forego getting more traditional pets like cats and dogs to purchase lovable tasmanian devils. Although Tasmanian Devils (known as devils from this point on) have gotten a bad rap from the cute but destructive Loony Toons character Taz, they are really some of the best and most lovable pets anyone can have. Let's find out a little more about our new, furry, friends shall we? Devils are the size of small dogs and they are noted for several physical traits. They have such incredibly powerful jaws that they're known as the "rotweiller of Tasmania." Tasmanian Devils are capable of biting through plastic, bone, and even steel if startled. They also have a luxurious, oily coat. Although their coat is gorgeous, you may want to be prepared for what Tasmanian natives call "ooklaboocha." It's a dark, slimy, dank smelling, grease like trail that devils on everything they touch. Furthermore, devils also can't stand water. Devils have been known to go into day long "psychotic rages" when forced to take baths. This is understandable because any devils that come into contact with water almost immediately break out with huge, green, festering , rashes that takes months to heal. During this time, devils grow very confused and anxious and are known to endlessly run in circles and smash into walls at full speed.

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38. Guardian Unlimited | Special Reports | Tasmanian Devils Face Threat Of Extinctio Experts voiced fears today that in the future the Tasmanian devil might survive However he said that the survival of tasmanian devils could be under http://www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1400032,00.html

@import url(/external/styles/global/0,14250,,00.css); Skip to main content Read today's paper Sign in Register Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Newsblog Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Travel Been there Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Soulmates dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Feedback Information GNL press office Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Public Home UK Business Online ... Quiz Search this site Special report: conservation Archived articles: conservation In this section Ruaridh Nicoll: Number of the beasts Record haul of 20,000 new species expected Does it make sense to cull elephants? Orang-utans under threat as palm oil plantations spread ... Wildlife at risk in farm land grab for fuel alternatives Tasmanian devils face threat of extinction Associated Press Thursday January 27, 2005

39. Guardian Unlimited | Special Reports | Tasmanian Devil Meets A Deadly Foe Half the Tasmanian devil population has been wiped out across the island state and tasmanian devils are one of the very few species where this mode of http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,12070,1407070,00.html

@import url(/external/styles/global/0,14250,,00.css); Skip to main content Read today's paper Sign in Register Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Newsblog Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Travel Been there Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Soulmates dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Feedback Information GNL press office Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Public Home UK Business Online ... Quiz Search this site Go to... Special report: Australia Australia archive In this section Reality TV picks ex-Elvis imitator to lead INXS Survival was like winning the Ashes, divers say Pommie backpackers shun hostels for harbour mansions Divers survive six hours on shark-infested reef ... Aussies recoil at the bitter taste of defeat Tasmanian devil meets a deadly foe Paul Pritchard in Hobart Sunday February 6, 2005

40. ABC Asia Pacific - Nexus - English Bites - Tasmanian Devil Find out about tasmanian devils and the terrible disease that has put them at risk of The Tasmanian devil is the world s largest surviving carnivorous http://abcasiapacific.com/englishbites/stories/s1381086.htm

tuning in Nexus airs daily on ABC Asia Pacific TV. Visit our TV Schedule for broadcast times in your area. this week on EB previously on EB language library Thursday, 16 June 2005 Tasmanian Devil Find out about Tasmanian devils and the terrible disease that has put them at risk of extinction. JOCELYN NETTLEFOLD: This is an unprecedented wildlife rescue mission Not only does plucking 25 young Tasmanian devils from the wild give them the best chance of outliving a mysterious fatal disease, but the radical intervention may also end up saving the entire species Since it first appeared nine years ago, the disease has wiped out about half the wild population of Tasmanian devils. It's spread across at least 65 per cent of the Island State. The Tasmanian devil is the world's largest surviving carnivorous marsupial , a powerful, noisy king of the forest. Scientists still can't explain what's causing the deadly disease, or even how to diagnose it before the apparently contagious lesions and tumours break out, weakening devils to the point of starvation. JOCELYN NETTLEFOLD: Researchers now believe the tumours are unlikely to be caused by a virus. Some groundbreaking cell studies have revealed an obscure form of cancer.

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