Tasmanian Devil doing laps at Australia Zoo

this little fellow and his friend were doing laps of their enclosures at Australia Zoo when we went on 03/07/2007. it was about 3:30 - 4pm. I'd never seen a live one before, only photos. I thought they were nocturnal. we watched them for about 15 mins. so cute! they'd run around, stop at certain points and sniff the air. I guess they were looking for food? or could smell something in particular. or maybe the onlookers were too noisy for them (though most people were pretty quiet)

http://www.australiazoo.com.au/our-animals/amazing-animals/mammals/?mammal=ta... has some info about them. they're an endangered species, only found in Tasmania now. they had been common on the Australian mainland at one stage (~5000 years ago) but not these days.

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[AliaK77]

thanks for the clarifications! I must admit I don't know as much about them as I should. they entranced me though!

[sparkster1989]

The Tasmanian Devil isn't endagered yet, it is a protected speices. Those Tasmanian Devils must be some of the isurance population to keep the speices going. They arn't just active at night they also are active during the day and a scavengers/hunters.