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The only thing most people really know about Tasmanian Devils is that they spin, spin, spin and are unable to speak but in an unintelligible growl. What they don't know is that these marsupials, the most ferocious of them (the most famous marsupials are kangaroos) are currently being wiped out by a strange contagious cancer. Due to efforts to get rid of these animals, the remaining population has been dangerously inbred leaving them without the genetic diversity that would make at least some...   >>>

The only thing most people really know about Tasmanian Devils is that they spin, spin, spin and are unable to speak but in an unintelligible growl. What they don't know is that these marsupials, the most ferocious of them (the most famous marsupials are kangaroos) are currently being wiped out by a strange contagious cancer. Due to efforts to get rid of these animals, the remaining population has been dangerously inbred leaving them without the genetic diversity that would make at least some of them immune to this cancer. Yes you saw that phrase right earlier. Contagious cancer. The tasmanian devils catch the disease through bites, which if you've seen your dogs play, is something that most animals really do. There are a number of other examples of how human intervention has somehow caused certain species to suffer strange diseases. (Click the article linked below for more stories.)



So what do you think? Are we responsible?