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Facts about the endangered Tasmanian devil
By The Associated Press AP - 2 hours 14 minutes ago
Some facts about the Tasmanian devil:
_Their ferociousness starts at birth. Females give birth to about 50 young, or joeys, at a time. These then race to the mother's rear pouch to attach themselves to one of four teats. Only one joey in a dozen will survive.
_They're described as the vacuum cleaners of the forest because they eat animals that have already died.
_They grow to only a foot high at the shoulder and to 25 pounds, but their powerful jaws enable them to consume entire cattle carcasses, including bones and fur.
_They release a foul odor under stress and make eerie growls as they search for food. When they feed together, they screech and scream.
_Their numbers in the wild have dropped by 64 percent from an estimated 140,000 since the Devil Facial Tumor Disease was discovered in 1996.
_Once almost shot and trapped to extinction, devils thrived, scientists believe, on reduced competition for food as their larger cousin, the Tasmanian tiger, died out during the early 20th century.
_Long the target of bounties, devils became a protected species in 1941 and were listed as endangered in 2008.
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Sources: Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, San Diego Zoo.
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