I like this card of a favourite Australian wildlife icon.. The Tasmanian (Tassie) Devil..a fearsome looking fellow that has had many problems recently with a Facial fungal disease that was wiping them out in large numbers fearing they would become extinct.. and as they were not in Large numbers that it is was of great concern for scentists to find an answer .. This I beleive is an ongoing problem with great inroads being made in their defence..current programmes are in place by The Tasmanian Government to halt the impact of this deadly disease by initiating a build up of healthy "devils" in captivity isolated from the disease to save the species..
The Tasmanian devil is a marsupial animal .once native to the Australian Mainland and only now found in Tasmania and some of East coast of Maria Island which has a small conservation project of disease free animals. The size of a small dog this carnivourous marsupial became the largest Carnivourous Marsupial in the world following the extinction of the "Thylacine" ( Tasmanian Tiger ).in 1936. ,,it is related to Quolls and distantly related to the Thylacine. The Tasmanian Devil is an iconic symbol and also made famous by the "Looney Tunes" Character of the same name.
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