The largest predatory marsupial in the world today is the Tasmanian demon, which is currently found only in the island state of Tasmania on the Australian continent.
It is important to note, however, that in contrast to the cartoon character based on him, the animated character "Taz" by Looney Tunes, the only traits that "Taz" shares with the Tasmanian demon are his hungry appetite, his screams and his shy behavior.
Beyond that it is a complex and interesting animal, which fortunately has survived to this day in the world despite the odds against it, in fact the scientific name of the Tasmanian demon is Harris 'meat lover, due to the species' high abilities to digest its prey. In fact, anyone who examines food scraps from a Tasmanian demon will find almost nothing, because this small and special predator eats the meat, bones, hair and actually utilizes all the prey for eating, when beyond that it is an animal that can eat at once up to 40 percent of its body weight. .
And if one asks why he got the threatening name "demon" it is because in extreme situations, when the animal feels threatened or needs to protect its food, it opens with shouts in a very loud voice, spreading a bad odor that easily competes with that of the skunk, exposing teeth and a large expression of Fury that is supposed to keep the intruder or the threatening animal away.
Beyond that, while eating, unlike the rest of the time when the demons live alone, a number of demons gather together and open in what sounds like a screaming meal, when in fact it is a kind of social meal together.
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It should be noted that this is an animal that is only in luck in the world to this day and that even today a large question mark hangs over its continued existence.
In fact, until 1941, the white settlers in Tasmania destroyed the demon because they saw it as harmful and a threat to domestic animals.
Protection laws have since been enacted that have succeeded in saving the species from extinction, but in 1996 a type of cancer was discovered that passed from one animal to another and threatened the entire species.
These are tumors that grow on the animal's surface and prevent it from eating properly and eventually cause it to die within a period of three to six months.
The unique cancer poses such a serious threat that 80 percent of the species have become extinct.
Unfortunately this cancerous disease has no cure, however the governments of Tasmania and Australia are now working together to multiply the species by isolating individuals who have not been infected with the disease.
The breeding journey of the species took place on the island of Maria, which is a kind of refuge for the animal and 103 of its details were counted in it in 2018.