Tassie devils getting restless for dinner
Looking back through photo archives i came upon these pictures.
They reminded me that i am so thankful that there are groups of people committed to preserving and saving our beautiful wildlife.
The Tasmanian Devil has had it’s numbers almost decimated due to facial cancers that are contagious,yes contagious facial cancers!
They bite each other either accidentally or on purpose while eating and this is how this cancer is spread.
It causes such horrible problems with them dying of starvation as they can no longer eat.
What is believed to be the main problem is in- breeding which has not allowed this gene to leave the gene pool,so a group of dedicated people are moving them to various areas around Tasmania and the mainland in order to hopefully slowly let the gene pool get larger.
Private property owners in Tasmania have set aside parts of their land for this purpose also.For their size they have the strongest jaw pressure of any carnivore,they are powerful and very vocal.
Early settlers called them Devils because of the noises they made,they believed there were devils in the bush.
The Tasmanian Devil
This little guy looks anything but devilish !
They are great climbers
Up we go
Their scream is quite spooky!
Well, you learn something new everyday 🙂 They are such little cuties 🙂 xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
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Yes they are really very funny little characters and boy the noise! 🙂 xxxx
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I’ve always thought they were quite cute…..hadn’t heard of the facial cancer issue – that’s quite unusual!
Pam
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It is Pam it’s really nearly made them extinct! and they are horrible looking cancers,this place in Tasmania does brilliant work and great research,they are based near beautiful place called Cradle Mountain and its such a stunning environment. 🙂
Bev
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Thanks for sharing I never knew this fact x
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You are most welcome 🙂 x
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I love this small guys – Thanks to all people who try to rescue them. I hope they will find a cure against this darned cancer.
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Thanks easy for caring! I don’t know how far they are in a cure apart from dispersing the gene pool to breed it out..yhey are wonderful and play a great role,they mainly eat dead animals so they are important in our world indeed !
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dinnermintz….ya noe, they kinda look like bearz….we hope they dont bee come eggs stinct….N high paws N head bonx…ouch..ta everee one tryin ta help em out….heerez ta grate week oh end guys…we iz outta heer til monday…enjoy yur week oh end N haz fun :)_
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They do look like little bearz da tabbies! and big head butts to the lovely people helpingz them we hope they have a good futurez have a gratez weekend too 🙂
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Yow me n Mum did not nose how cute da Tassiez are….nor did we nose about dem dyin frum cancerz….so sad!!! Da look alot like our raccoonz wifout da maskz…so so cute!!! me hopez da breedin programz werk n da Tassiez grow in dere familiez.
Lub Nylablue n Mum xo
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They are cute and yes the program is going well,one family has donated their whole property to be kept safe for them.The property has been in their family for 100 years and they took all the cattle off and have made a covenant so in the future any one who buys the property has to keep it safe for the Devils 🙂 luv Bev xx
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Excellent!! I wish more people would take care of the animals & planet like that. Sherri-Ellen
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Me too,just got a email the other day asking to sign a protest against three mines they want to put in endangered Tassie Devil territory!! so of course I did…I don’t get people,we won’t have anything left soon,
Bev 🙂
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UGH mining drives me crazy!!! There is so much raping of the land at its expense & the animals expense too!!! That making mega dumps! We need to be recycling more & trashing less….what will our great grandchildren inherit??? Doesn’t bear thinking about yet we must try to protect mother Earth for us & them…..
Sherri-Ellen
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Stupid and needless indeed !
Bev
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