https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn How and why they are endangered en-us 2018-03-23 12:03:19 UTC 2025-11-23 00:31:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/245410293 The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. ]]> 2018-03-23 12:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/245410293 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/245414801 The Tasmanian devil is found on the island of Tasmania in Australia. They prefer coastal scrub lands and forests, according to National Geographic. But no matter what area of the island they inhabit, these animals sleep under rocks or in caves, logs or burrows.

]]> 2018-03-23 12:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/245414801 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/245420198 The devil was declared an endangered species last week. It is being wiped out by a rare cancer called devil facial tumor disease.]]> 2018-03-23 12:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/245420198 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246022961 The Tasmanian devil is the world's largest carnivorous marsupial, according to National Geographic. Most of the time, they eat birds, snakes, fish and insects. Often, they feast on dead carcasses, called carrion. Sometimes, many devils converge on one carcass, and fighting ensues. ]]> 2018-03-26 11:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246022961 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246024153 Experts estimate that the devil has suffered a more than 80% decline in its population since the mid-1990's and that only around 10,000–15,000 remain in the wild as of 2008.]]> 2018-03-26 11:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246024153 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246024931 The Tasmanian devils are being shipped to or relocated to maria island as an effort to try and save them."The Maria Island translocation is designed to establish a self-sustaining population of healthy wild devils in a safe haven where they are protected from interaction with the deadly facial tumor disease," Tasmania's Environment Minister Brian Wightman . "It will strengthen the insurance population of disease-free Tasmanian devils, help preserve wild traits in the insurance population and provide genetic stock for future reintroductions."]]> 2018-03-26 11:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246024931 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246026660 https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/help-save-the-tasmanian-devil/

]]> 2018-03-26 12:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246026660 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246027293 we should save them because there're the only species found in Australia. They can only survive and reproduce in that environment. ]]> 2018-03-26 12:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246027293 7389328 https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246031404 2018-03-26 12:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/7389328/fs7wjtgajupn/wish/246031404