A devil of a disease
A Bostanci - 2005 - science.org
Geoff King, a farmer in Northwest Tasmania, sees a lot of fights at dinner. That's because he
also runs a “devil restaurant,” a tour in which customers watch the island's most famous
animal, the Tasmanian devil, devour carcasses left out for it. Known as Taz in the cartoon
incarnation of the marsupial, the Tasmanian devil is in reality a relatively shy scavenger. But
at suppertime, and during the mating season, devils engage in the fighting and biting that
have made them legendary. That violence may now be the death of the devils—but in a most …
also runs a “devil restaurant,” a tour in which customers watch the island's most famous
animal, the Tasmanian devil, devour carcasses left out for it. Known as Taz in the cartoon
incarnation of the marsupial, the Tasmanian devil is in reality a relatively shy scavenger. But
at suppertime, and during the mating season, devils engage in the fighting and biting that
have made them legendary. That violence may now be the death of the devils—but in a most …
A devil of a disease: Tasmanian devils are being wiped out by a deadly facial cancer that may spread when the animals fight each other
A Bostanci - Science, 2005 - go.gale.com
Geoff King, a farmer in Northwest Tasmania, sees a lot of fights at dinner. That's because he
also runs a" devil restaurant," a tour in which customers watch the island's most famous
animal, the Tasmanian devil, devour carcasses left out for it. Known as Taz in the cartoon
incarnation of the marsupial, the Tasmanian devil is in reality a relatively shy scavenger. But
at suppertime, and during the mating season, devils engage in the fighting and biting that
have made them legendary. That violence may now be the death of the devils--but in a most …
also runs a" devil restaurant," a tour in which customers watch the island's most famous
animal, the Tasmanian devil, devour carcasses left out for it. Known as Taz in the cartoon
incarnation of the marsupial, the Tasmanian devil is in reality a relatively shy scavenger. But
at suppertime, and during the mating season, devils engage in the fighting and biting that
have made them legendary. That violence may now be the death of the devils--but in a most …
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