6048 x 4024 px | 51,2 x 34,1 cm | 20,2 x 13,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
23 mai 2024
Lieu:
East Coast Natureworld. Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia
Informations supplémentaires:
The East Coast Nature World is Tasmania's natural wildlife and Ecology park in Bicheno on the eastern coast of Tasmania on the Tasman Highway in Tasmania, Australia. The conservation park holds much of Australia’s wildlife on 150 acres of natural coastal bushland and lagoons One of the most popular is the Tasmanian Devil in its large enclosure. its spine-chilling screeches, black colour, and bearing its needle-sharp teeth led the early European settlers to call it, ‘The Devil’. They have jaws powerful enough to break a bone. Tasmanian Devils (Tassie Devils for short) are mainly scavengers and hunt at night. Now listed as endangered, the Tasmanian Devil is the largest living carnivorous marsupial in the world. They once lived on mainland Australia, but are now only found in Tasmania. There are fewer than 25, 000 Tasmanian devils left in the wild. 650 devils are living in captivity that are part of the insurance breeding programme. The main threat to their existence is Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). It is a fatal cancer which causes tumours to appear around the mouth and face. This spreads from devil to devil through biting and mating. This cancer was first reported in the mid-nineties causing the devil population to dramatically decline. Devils kept in captivity are free of this disease.
