The Ferocious Tasmanian Devil

We have occasionally heard and seen Tasmanian devils in the backyard but as they are mostly active at night I have no photos or video. The closest encounter was just a few feet away with a devil chasing our ducks around in circles. Many of my photos and videos are taken "in the wild" so I need to mention that these were filmed at a wildlife park here in Tasmania (Wings Wildlife Park). My choice to use the word "Ferocious" is based on the definition, "savagely fierce". I think you will agree this is a good description for their behavior in the first video.

The latin name, Sarcophilus harrisii, is interesting. Sarcophilus literally means 'meat lover'. I'm sure you will understand why after watching the video. It's also worth mentioning that the Tasmanian Devil has the strongest bite, relative to its size, of any animal.

Note: I disabled adds on the second video. You may possibly get an add with the first one. I was going to disable it but it just starting to pick up steam (not steem) on Youtube.

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The next video shows them relaxing and lazing around. Wild Tasmanian Devils are nocturnal however they do occasional take in the sun in forest clearings just like these ones.

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