The Tasmanian devil

What animals live exclusively in Australia? One of them is the Tasmanian devil.

The Tasmanian devil is an animal that lives exclusively on the island of Tasmania in Australia. The Tasmanian devil mostly eats birds, snakes, fish and insects, and it eats everything from the animal, even the bones, hair, organs and muscles. The devils also have very big jaws that they need for crushing bones. It is a small animal, it has fur and it looks a bit like a giant rat. It weights up to 12kg and it is 50 to 80 cm long, and then the tail is about half that length. The Tasmanian devil is really endangered because many of them get cancer in their face, which is called devil facial tumour disease, and it prevents them from eating and eventually within a few months they will either die from starvation or from the cancer itself.

The Tasmanian devil lives on the island of

Tasmania, which is right under Australia.

  

The Tasmanian devil hunts in the night and it is believed that it does that to avoid getting caught by eagles and humans. The tasmanian devil can even take down small kangaroos, but often they eat carrion instead of hunting food itself.