What is a Tasmanian devil?
Q: What is a Tasmanian devil?
A: The Tasmanian devil is a meat-eating marsupial native to Tasmania, the largest meat-eating marsupial in the world.
Q: What does it mean to be nocturnal?
A: Being nocturnal means that the Tasmanian devil is awake during the night and sleeps during the day.
Q: What does the Tasmanian devil look like?
A: The Tasmanian devil is the same size as a small dog with a wide head, short tail, and black fur. Male devils can weigh up to 12 kg and be 30 cm tall.
Q: What kind of noise does the Tasmanian devil make?
A: The Tasmanian devil makes a loud and very scary screeching noise.
Q: What does the Tasmanian devil eat?
A: The Tasmanian devil will hunt other animals and also feed on dead animals. It has strong teeth and jaws and will eat all its prey, even bones and fur.
Q: Why did the Tasmanian devil become extinct on the Australian mainland?
A: The Tasmanian devil became extinct on the Australian mainland about 3,000 years ago before European settlement in 1788. They were hunted in Tasmania.
Q: When did the Tasmanian devil become officially protected?
A: The Tasmanian devil became officially protected in 1941 after being hunted in Tasmania for many years.
