Be fruitful and multiply!
Posted on 05/31/2021 12:29:50 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Tasmanian devils were born in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years, wildlife charity Aussie Ark announced.
The non-profit announced in an Instagram post Monday that seven Tasmanian devil joeys were born at Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary after the species died out in the country due to predators and disease.
"We have been working tirelessly for the better part of 10 years to return devils to the wild of mainland Australia with the hope that they would establish a sustainable population," the Aussie Ark said. "We had been watching them from afar until it was time to step in and confirm the birth of our first wild joeys. And what a moment it was!"
Aussie Ark is the largest Tasmanian devil conservation breeding program in mainland Australia. It began in 2011 with 44 Tasmanian devils and has produced seven successful breeding seasons with more than 300 healthy joeys born, according to its website.
Female Tasmanian devils give birth to between 20 to 40 joeys about the size of shelled peanuts at once and those that make it to their mother's pouch live there for about three months.
Last September, Aussie Ark introduced 11 Tasmanian devils back into the wild in mainland Australia where they were able to successfully reproduce.
"We've been able historically -- albeit in its infancy -- to return the devil to mainland and today is another milestone entirely," said Aussie Ark President Tim Faulkner.
There are 25,000 Tasmanian devils left in the wild after dingoes arrived in mainland Australia and forced Tasmanian devils to be restricted to the island of Tasmania.
A form of contagious cancer known as Devil Facial Tumor Disease has also killed 90% of the Tasmanian devil population since it was discovered in 1996.
As the world's largest carnivorous marsupials, a resurgence of Tasmanian devils would help to control populations of feral cats and foxes that hunt other endangered species in Australia.
Be fruitful and multiply!
C’mon, now, admit it: you knew it was coming.
Aussie Ark video included in Bondi Vet...
Tim Faulkner speaks about Tasmanian Devils, starts at about 7:28
The Bondi Vet videos cut back and forth between various animals and treatments, so there’s no continuous segment... stick with it.
Maybe the dingo ate your baby!
1. Capture pregnant female in Tasmania
2. Send it to mainland Australia
3. Care for the babies
3,000 years of bureaucracy for that...?
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.“ -Ronald Reagan
Where’s a damn link to an article?? This means NOTHING!!
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Awesome post. Bugs. Its funny when people ask whats your fave cartoon charcter i say Taz and Casper.. Bugs is far to laid back. Not sure why i always loved casper.
Don’t they still have dingos? Will they eat the mice?
I just knew that Warner Brothers’ Taz would be posted... 😀
They don’t make cartoons like those anymore...
2. Send it to mainland Australia
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via USPS - got lost in the mail for 3000 years ...
I was looking for a link to learn how they were ‘manufactured’ after being extinct for 3000 years
Watching the Aussie zoo series, they spend big $ on reproduction and health care, far beyond what humans get.
Well, this is news. But if they eat toads, they won’t be around long.
Wait , wait, wait, wait, wait... so dingos displaces the devils and drove them to extinction in Australia 3000 years ago... dingos still exist in Australia.. yet somehow reintroducing devils will wind up differently than it did in the past?
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