Tasmanian Devil

Have you ever heard of this name before? NO? Well, you sure must have seen the Looney Tunes show - TAZ, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons.

But hey, the real one is not all that cute as the animated ones. The Tasmanian Devil is the largest carnivorous (eats meat) marsupial (a mammal that has its babies in a pouch) in Australia. Tasmanian Devils are a nocturnal (active at night) animal. lives alone and prefers its own company hence it is a relatively shy animal

The Tasmanian Devil is usually black with a white "collar" or patch around its neck. It is the size of a small terrier dog very solid and "stout" and weighs in between 6 and 8 kgs It has a tail of between 9 to 12" long. Tasmanian Devils have an extremely large powerful head with a wide jaw with sharp teeth pointy pink ears (that turn red when angry due to increased blood flow) and piercing dark eyes Its dark colouring helps it to move around unseen at night time (feeding time)

Tasmanian Devils are very loud especially when there are a number of them at the one carcass, trying to scare each other off. They have a range of sound, from barks to snorts to growling to screaming !. This screaming and their fierce looks gave birth to their "Devil" name

Ugly Animals - Tasmanian Devil









12 comments:

  1. tasmanian devils are really cool

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  2. ohh.. The pictures are very scary. You kept appropriate name of your blog "tasmanian devil ".

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  3. i find them so cute

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  4. how could you just say that this animal is ugly. the tasmanian devil is on the brinct of extinction and you wouldnt even know. have you done any research about these animlas... most of them are dieing of a disease called DFTD and it makes them die of starvation. i think the only ugly animal on this site is YOU!

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  5. NOOOOOO! Tasmanian devils are included in your list? But theyre my fave ones, theyre so cute. :(

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  6. I wouldn't call this one ugly but it is scary looking. I like it though.

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  7. it is you who is ugly, not animals

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  8. they are NOT ugly...I'm offended
    How do you DISLIKE this website, I want to!?!

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  9. How you dislike this, I want to!!!
    Tasmanian Devils are my favorite
    I agree with the comments above me!

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  10. how do you say that the tasmanian devil is ugly, i want to dislike this website!!

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  11. Ok they are not ugly at all. I wouldn't want to antagonize one though because they are vicious just like some dogs. I've always wanted to see one in reality. Hopefully they can save these animals from going extinct. It would be sad to lose this animal.

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  12. Does it always keep its mouth open like that? But I have to agree that they are not ugly. The fur is so black and pretty actually.

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