Tasmanian Devil

The devil is the size of a small dog yet it’s largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. It is characterized by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. The Tasmanian devil's large head and neck allow it to generate among the strongest bites per unit body mass of any extant predatory land mammal. It’s a hunter, scavengenger and can rip flesh and crush bone with the littlest of effort. They are surprisingly fast and have incredible endurance, can climb trees and swim across rivers. Devils are not monogamous and will take any mate that comes her way.

After discovering all about these animal’s it reminded me of “el Diablo” my ex-wife. The description of the behavior and appearance of the animal makes my finding appropriate.

The devils look kind of cute when not ripping apart their prey and crushing bones.

It was a classic ambush! The whole mob was waiting around the bend and they were not messing around, they were hungry!

We fetch a pale of the finest kangaroo pellet food we could find and the frenzy began.

Once they saw there was plenty to go around and we spread the love around everyone chilled out a bit.

We made peace with some of the elders and gained some trust in the group.

They were comfortable enough to let us play with the babies. We gained acceptance in the group and were allowed to join the gang unconditionally. What a cool experience.

Distance From home

Tasmania Maps

Tazzie Lap Map-This is a pretty good map for hitting all the highlights. You need 2 weeks to get them all and that was not possible for us so we shortened it a bit by chopping off the Stanley and Strahan portion.

Tasmania Location- Well it is a little bit of a hall from my front door. 9500 miles is not the furthest Ive ever been but I would say its not the closest either.

Getting There- required a flight from St. Louis to Los Angelas to Sydney to Hobart.

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