For several years the survival of the Tasmanian Devil (Tasmanian devil) threatened attack deadly cancer. Its cause is unknown and researchers continue to try to prevent the extinction.
As typical of other Australian animals, animals with a species name also Sarcophilus harrisii marsupial species. Females have a pouch on his stomach to keep and feed her newborn yag. Currently the Tasmanian Devil lives only in Tasmania, but fossil evidence indicates that these animals never lived in mainland Australia.
Besides bags, the Tasmanian Devil also has a characteristic thick black hair all over her body. Behavior is also typical of the strong-smelling gas out against the enemy, shrill voice, and match the fearsome teeth when crushed prey.
Since the 1800s, the settlers hunted these animals for attacking livestock. We have not a man who became the main threat, but a malignant tumor front. The disease is transmitted through the bite. Usually attacked 2-year-old animals and can cause death within months.
Before the disease breaks out, the average age in the population over 3 years. However, this time the animals are sexually mature in under a year rises to 13-83 percent. This is the result of measurements taken Menna Jones and other researchers from the University of Tasmania at the four points of the population.
The researchers speculate that changes in population distribution and decreased competition for food animals to encourage the young to reproduce before their time. The earlier breeding may be a solution that was developed Tasmanian devil populations to adapt to attack cancer. Mammals of Tasmania’s unique island to fight to change their sexual strategy to deal with the situation.
Cancer that attacks the mouth, face, and neck was first reported in 1996 in one of the Tasmanian devil population centers. In 2007, the disease is spread to more than half the population distribution. As a result of the disease, the population declined nearly 89 percent.
