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Tasmanian Devils reintroduced into Australian wild
Its thought the mammals, classified as endangered, were wiped out on the mainland by dingoes.
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Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced into the wild in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.
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I thought they had gone extinct.
Great news.
I do remember watching a documentary on the mouth cancer... poor guys.
Great news.
I do remember watching a documentary on the mouth cancer... poor guys.
I wasn't aware they weren't in Australia. Awesome news, though!
This is my cue to say that the Thylacine is the most beautiful animal and fuck humanity for killing them all.
Why would they do that? They are going to end up trying to eat all the rabbits but end up eating kegs of gun powder instead.
There have been reported sightings of Tasmanian tigers in recent years so there is still some hope of them still surviving but probably very limited numbers.
Yeah so, this cancer is highly aggressive and transmissible, they think from either biting another devil with a tumour or eating the same food as a cancerous devil. Then the tumours start around their mouth and face, eating the underlying tissue/bone away and swelling to a huge size, and the devil can't eat anymore. The tumours also become huge open wounds so, they get infected super easy.
I'm really hoping their numbers can grow again. That cancer really tore through them and there was a real concern they would go extinct.
EDIT: Barrington Tops? Hmmm, that's probably only an hour's drive from my GFs place. Might be worth a drive to see them in the wild.
EDIT: Barrington Tops? Hmmm, that's probably only an hour's drive from my GFs place. Might be worth a drive to see them in the wild.
Who in the world thought Down Under was safe????????????
Anyways, go little devils go!
What's even more wild is the cancer is transmissible between individuals.
would be badass tshirt
Multiple strains too, which has people worried that it may mutate to be able to transmit to non-Devils
This is a sick poster!
Wait why are the releasing them into mainland Australia if they were wiped out from it 3000 years ago? Isn't that the natural order of things? I figured they would only try and fix what humans have caused.
And here I thought they spun like crazy while spewing nonsense.
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Some explanations here:
Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years
Scientists hope the scrappy predators' reintroduction can balance ecosystems ravaged by invasive species.
www.nationalgeographic.com
I mean we've fucked it up with Rabbits and Cane Toads. At least keeping it within the biodiversity that Australia has is probably better than an invasive species. Additionally the Tassie Devils have had issues with the cancer as mentioned above. Expanding their habitat should help avoid the species constantly getting the thing. (Also an issue like Koalas having a big Chlamydia issue)
Some explanations here:
Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years
Scientists hope the scrappy predators' reintroduction can balance ecosystems ravaged by invasive species.
But if they haven't been there in 3,000 years, won't they become the invasive species? It's a real life version of this:
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This is kind of cryptozoo level stuff imo. Here in Tassie we've had unconfirmed sightings for decades and tons of money spent on searches to find them, but nothing has shown up. It's extremely unlikely there really are any left.
It's one of the most bizarre and horrifying diseases in nature. One Devil developed cancer and those cancer cells became contagious. The infected Devils aren't "getting" cancer in the usual way, they're being infected with the original Devil's cancer. It effectively became a parasitic organism that has long outlived its original host.
There are only two other cancers of this type known in mammals. They're weird as hell and I'm shocked they haven't been used as inspiration for a horror video game.
I watched Long Weekend, recently; a 1978 Australian film about two shitty people who go camping.
It was dece, I guess. Howling III looks more wild, though, lol.
Ahh I see. Good for the Devils though!
Dog possums, kind of cute :D I remember learning about their near extinction in primary school in the 90's here in Australia, so nice they seem be in a good position now.
I always found Taz confusing, he seems closer to the Tasmanian Tiger to me 🤷‍♂️
Edit: actually nah, probably just my dumb kid brain. he's definitely closer to the devil in design lol
I always found Taz confusing, he seems closer to the Tasmanian Tiger to me 🤷‍♂️
Edit: actually nah, probably just my dumb kid brain. he's definitely closer to the devil in design lol
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- Humans have inhabited the continent for way more than 3000 years and caused/contributed to significant ecological changes during that time (extinction of megafauna, habitat changes).
- Dingoes (who would be direct competition for the devils) were also introduced by humans, relatively recently (earliest known fossil is from around 3.5 thousand years ago, but they may predate that by hundreds of years).
- Ecologically speaking, 3000 years isn't a long time.
NPR podcast Radiolab did a segment on it years ago. Was really depressing.
It was a contagious cancer. They'd rub cancerous cells on their kills, and share the food, and in the process give other devils cancer.
Nightmare fuel.
Tasmanian devils reintroduced into Australia's mainland for 1st time in 3,000 years
The Tasmanian devil has been released to roam Australia's mainland for the first time in 3,000 years.
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