Tasmania

[pnodrog]

Greg are you sure about it being a nice place to visit?

[chauncey]

Great capture L.Paul...my knowledge of those creatures is limited to Disney cartoons.

[ajsmith]

That looks terrifying... but good photo.

[FrankMi]

Wow! That is the first non-cartoon image of a Tasmanian Devil I have seen. Great capture Paul!

[John 2]

Nice capture. Certainly illustrates it's reputation. Are there many of these left in the wild? I would hate to meet one.

[bnnrcn]

Nice but

[nikon66]

What a horror, beautiful display of it.

[Haver Lemez]

Really good !

[Shadowman]

Nice capture, when I read the thread title this animal was the first thing that came to mind.

[vaez]

That looks terrifying... but good photo.

[ied]

We saw some while visiting a park in Melbourne last fall. I have a couple of shots of them but not near as mean looking as this one. Great capture.

Irene

[gregj1763]

Greg are you sure about it being a nice place to visit?

That's a great photo of a devil Paul and yes still a nice part of the world.
Devils are mainly scavengers the only way you would wind up on their menu would be if you were dead in the bush.
They are on the endangered species list since the 80s or 90s after they were dying out from a contagious facial tumor, pretty sad really as they are an iconic little beastie and quite cute when young. I have held a young one at the Tasmania zoo in Launceston and the keepers told me that they don't show any sort of aggression until about two years of age. I think I have some photos taken that day somewhere and will post some after work today.

For those interested this link gives you loads of info about them http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_devil

Cheers, Greg

[FootLoose]

Great capture L.Paul...my knowledge of those creatures is limited to Disney cartoons.

Disney has a lot to answer for

[Shadowman]

Disney has a lot to answer for

Bugs Bunny seemed to get along with one.

[pnodrog]

Thank you all for commenting. Sometimes they are almost cute. I took a small video clip of one cleaning itself and have tried to convert to a GIF file so you can all see.



Hope it works.

P.S. It seems to work but for upload speed the colours have been reduced to the extent that I have lost the bright pink of its tongue.
P.S.S. Replaced with a version with a few more colours - a bit better.

[deetheturk]

Lovely capture L,Paul!

[gregj1763]

That works fine Paul and they can look cute or like this,





Images aren't much but I thought you might like to see their armoury.
They are not real popular with farmers here as they will take new born lambs and devils that have been caught in traps have been known to chew through their own leg to escape.

[pnodrog]

Are you trying to scare anyone that is thinking of visiting Tasmania. A pity the grass got in the way of the eyes in your second shot but both show the teeth very well. I was surprised at how black and high the lustre of the noses seem to be. Still the GIF photo indicates they spend a bit of time polishing them.

[gregj1763]

Are you trying to scare anyone that is thinking of visiting Tasmania. A pity the grass got in the way of the eyes in your second shot but both show the teeth very well. I was surprised at how black and high the lustre of the noses seem to be. Still the GIF photo indicates they spend a bit of time polishing them.

No not trying to scare the visitor away Paul, the devils are no threat to us, but the snakes and spiders breed in the millions here and have been known to devour small children when an opportunity presents itself

[Stagecoach]

That's the first one apart from the cartoon I have seen also Paul. I'm sure it's mate thinks it's good looking