Tasmanian devils under threat - 04 Oct 07

The future of the Tasmanian Devil, a small animal with a fiercesome reputation, is under threat from an aggressive facial cancer raging through the species. The deadly cancer has hit one of the devils' only remaining disease-free refuges and could wipe out Australia's last surviving marsupial carnivore.

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[watchmyshoes22]

STOP BITING EACHOTHER! :(

[curtly99]

i didn't realize cancer was infectious can anyone ellaborate on this

[dltanner99]

The Dare Island Enigma is a novel concerning the Tasmanian Globster that was found in the early sixties see video book trailer

[DragonDriver100]

The disease spreads through their cruelty toward each other. In away, it seems fitting.

[Qulopuaa]

I can guess 1 cause for cancer -they roamed maybe landfills for food and ate medical-vaste and dead sick animals

[Qulopuaa]

How did they get the virus in the first place ? From introduced livestock such as lamb's?.Somewhere on the line there must be a point of origin for the disease

[coffeenciggy]

Poor Tazzie! Awful disease, so much damage to some natural populations in just 14 years of the cancer first showing up:( C'mon guys, you're tough, survive this one!!!!

[cztaipoon]

if its contagious, they should try to isolate the infected so they cant infect the uninfected

[calypse550]

Sorry to say, but 'God' can't do shit. If nothing can stop it spreading then there nothing that can save them, unless of course, if scientists develop a cure.

[MrThingy3]

Unfortunately there isn't a vaccine :(

Poor beautiful wee things. I hope to God they can cure them.

[TiRa999]

Good thing people are avare and protective of the species nowadays. Losing an other carnivore in Australia would be a great loss.

[TiRa999]

I guess you can't just go around, campturing every single animal, run tests and such. What if you find a healthy beast? You capture it and release after every single animal is checked? :)