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th reatenedspec ies
Depar tment ofPr imar y Industr ies and Water
SUPPORTED BY
Threatened Species
of Tasmania
pla
nts
and
ani
ma
lsO
n Th
reat
ened
Spe
cies
Day
we
shou
ld a
ll co
nsid
er t
he im
port
ance
varie
ty o
f isla
nds
that
mak
e up
Ta
sman
ia. T
he r
ich
biod
iver
sity
and
beau
ty o
f our
eco
syst
em is
re
now
ned,
and
its
uniq
uene
ss
cele
brat
ed.
The
rece
nt li
stin
g of
the
icon
ic
Tasm
ania
n de
vil a
s a
thre
aten
ed
spec
ies,
due
to t
he r
avag
es o
f th
e Fa
cial
Tum
our
Dise
ase,
was
a
hars
h an
d po
wer
ful r
emin
der
of
the
vuln
erab
ility
of o
ur w
ildlif
e an
d pl
ants
. The
com
bine
d ef
fort
s to
he
lp s
ave
the
devi
l is
a he
arte
ning
ex
ampl
e of
how
muc
h w
e do
va
lue
our
nativ
e cr
eatu
res,
but
it
is on
ly o
ne o
f 684
list
ings
on
the
Thre
aten
ed S
peci
es L
ist. O
ther
sp
ecie
s in
clud
e th
e or
ange
-bel
lied
parr
ot, t
he M
iena
jew
el b
eetle
, the
w
edge
-tai
led
eagl
e, B
audi
ns s
ea-
lave
nder
, myr
tle e
lbow
orc
hid
and
swam
p ey
ebrig
ht.
Reco
very
pla
ns a
nd p
rivat
e la
nd
prog
ram
s ar
e bo
th e
xam
ples
of
the
way
the
Tas
man
ian
Gov
ernm
ent
is w
orki
ng in
co
njun
ctio
n w
ith t
he A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t, th
e St
ate’
s th
ree
Regi
onal
Nat
ural
Res
ourc
e M
anag
emen
t gr
oups
and
the
br
oade
r co
mm
unity
to
prot
ect
Abo
ut 4
5% o
f Tas
man
ia’s
tota
l lan
d
area
is p
rote
cted
in s
ome
form
of
res
erve
, whi
ch is
a fa
ct t
hat
the
who
le T
asm
ania
n co
mm
unity
can
be
pro
ud o
f. Pr
ivat
e la
ndow
ners
an
d la
nd m
anag
ers
are
cont
inui
ng
to m
ake
prot
ectio
n of
nat
ural
va
lues
a h
igh
prio
rity. T
hese
fa
cts
augu
r w
ell f
or t
he fu
ture
of
Tasm
ania
’s be
autif
ul a
nd u
niqu
e pl
ants
and
ani
mal
s.
Dav
id L
lew
elly
n
Min
ister
for
Prim
ary
Indu
strie
s an
d W
ater
Whi
leN
ati
on
al
Th
rea
ten
ed
S
pe
cie
s D
ay
on S
epte
mbe
r 7
rem
embe
rs t
he
extin
ctio
n of
the
Thy
laci
ne, t
he d
ay
is as
muc
h ab
out
carin
g fo
r al
l our
na
tive
wild
life
as it
is a
bout
tho
se
unde
r th
reat
. All
spec
ies
of p
lant
an
d an
imal
hol
d an
impo
rtan
t pl
ace
in T
asm
ania
’s un
ique
en
viro
nmen
t –
with
inno
vatio
n,
pers
ever
ance
and
har
d w
ork
we
faun
a fo
r fu
ture
gen
erat
ions
.
Th
e ir
reve
rsib
le
imp
act
of
the
Re
d F
ox
The
Euro
pean
red
fox
has
had
a de
vast
atin
g an
d irr
ever
sible
impa
ct
on n
ativ
e w
ildlif
e ac
ross
mai
nlan
d
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent
legi
slatio
n as
a k
ey t
hrea
teni
ng c
ondi
tion.
As T
asm
ania
is n
ow a
last
ref
uge
for
so m
any
smal
l mam
mal
s an
d bi
rds,
the
impa
ct o
f the
red
fox
here
will
be e
ven
mor
e ca
tast
roph
ic, if
the
y w
ere
to
esta
blish
. Ban
dico
ot, b
etto
ng,
poto
roo
and
man
y sp
ecie
s of
gr
ound
nes
ting
bird
s w
ould
rap
idly
di
sapp
ear
from
our
land
scap
e, a
s th
ey h
ave
done
alre
ady
from
the
m
ainl
and.
Som
e m
ay d
isapp
ear
befo
re w
e re
alise
it.
With
the
rap
id d
eclin
e of
the
Ta
sman
ian
devi
l, whi
ch m
ay h
ave
until
rec
ently
hel
ped
prot
ect
agai
nst
foxe
s es
tabl
ishin
g, it
is ab
solu
tely
crit
ical
to
keep
Tas
man
ia
Fox
Free
.
3
Th
rea
ten
ed
Sp
ecie
s3
Kid
s P
ag
es
8
Ta
sma
nia
n D
ev
il10
Co
nte
nts
A c
ele
bra
tio
n o
f al
l o
ur
nat
ive
pla
nts
an
d a
nim
als
Did
Yo
u K
no
w
Ve
lve
t w
orm
s ar
e am
azin
g. Th
ey
are
all c
loak
ed in
vel
vet
and
capt
ure
from
the
ir he
ad.
Unc
hang
ed fo
r m
illion
s of
yea
rs, t
hese
cate
rpilla
r-lik
e cr
eatu
res
are
ofte
n
calle
d ar
e of
ten
calle
d a
miss
ing
link
betw
een
the
anne
lid w
orm
s an
d
arth
ropo
ds. T
hey
live
deep
in t
he
hear
t of
old
, dec
ayin
g lo
gs, e
mer
ging
at
nigh
t to
hun
t fo
r fo
od.
Tasm
ania
has
thr
ee t
hrea
tene
d
spec
ies.
The
rare
gia
nt v
elve
t w
orm
can
exte
nd t
o 75
mm
in le
ngth
whe
n
wal
king
, and
is a
stu
nnin
g pi
nk/m
auve
colo
ur. I
t oc
curs
onl
y in
the
nor
th-e
ast,
near
Sca
man
der.
AN
IMA
LS(la
nd, m
arin
e &
fres
hwat
er)
Sp
eci
es
Th
reat
en
ed
Mam
mal
s an
d m
arsu
pial
s12
Bird
s35
Rept
iles
and
amph
ibia
ns10
Fish
15
Fres
hwat
er in
sect
s66
Cru
stac
eans
7
Cav
e sp
ecie
s14 16
Land
sna
ils a
nd v
elve
t w
orm
s11
Oth
er in
vert
ebra
tes
11
To
tal
197 s
pe
cie
s
PL
AN
TS
Sp
eci
es
Th
reat
en
ed
Euca
lypt
s, ot
her
tree
typ
es18
Shru
bs10
6
Her
bs15
5
Orc
hids
71
Lilie
s9
Sedg
es, e
tc44
Gra
sses
35
Fern
s19
Lich
ens
and
othe
rs30
To
tal
487 s
pe
cie
s
Ou
r T
hre
ate
ne
d S
pe
cie
s
www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/threatenedspecies
B. Mesibov
For c
over
pho
to c
redi
ts, s
ee th
roug
hout
the
book
let
Man
agin
g Ed
itor -
Nad
een
Burg
e Ed
itor -
Jane
tte K
irkm
anD
esig
ner -
Bre
tt Li
ttlet
on
54
Baud
ins
sea-
lave
nder
(Li
mon
ium
ba
udin
ii) w
as c
olle
cted
from
Ta
sman
ia in
180
2 du
ring
the
voya
ge o
f the
Fre
nch
expl
orer
, N
icol
as B
audi
n. B
ut it
was
n’t u
ntil
the
1980
s th
at a
bot
anist
in R
ussia
re
cogn
ised
it as
a ‘n
ew’ s
peci
es.
with
few
er th
an 1
,000
kno
wn
plan
ts.
Baud
ins
sea-
lave
nder
is c
lose
ly
rela
ted
to s
tatic
e, a
wel
l kno
wn
It ha
s a
clus
ter
of s
poon
-sha
ped
leav
es a
t its
bas
e, w
ith a
n er
ect
smal
l and
pap
ery,
with
tiny
yel
low
pe
tals.
Pla
nts
grow
from
see
d qu
ite
Baud
ins
sea-
lave
nder
is a
t ris
k be
caus
e it
grow
s in
onl
y a
few
pa
tche
s of
sal
t m
arsh
, clo
se t
o a
built
-up
area
. Sal
t m
arsh
is
sens
itive
to
dam
age
by s
tock
and
ve
hicl
es, o
r ch
ange
s to
dra
inag
e.
The
Dep
artm
ent
of P
rimar
y In
dust
ries
and
Wat
er (
DPI
W)
mon
itors
pop
ulat
ions
of B
audi
ns
sea-
lave
nder
to
mak
e su
re t
hat
any
thre
aten
ing
proc
esse
s ar
e
With
few
er t
han
150
oran
ge-
bellie
d pa
rrot
s su
rviv
ing
in t
he
wild
, one
of A
ustr
alia
’s hi
ghes
t
on s
avin
g th
is cr
itica
lly e
ndan
gere
d sp
ecie
s. It
is a
mig
rato
ry b
ird t
hat
bree
ds o
nly
in T
asm
ania
’s
far
sout
h-w
est.
Whi
le t
he b
ird’s
brea
ding
are
as a
re w
ell p
rote
cted
, th
e or
ange
-bel
lied
parr
ot is
th
reat
ened
by
wee
ds a
nd fe
ral
pred
ator
s su
ch a
s fo
xes
and
cats
in
its fe
edin
g gr
ound
s in
Vic
toria
and
So
uth
Aus
tral
ia.
Ever
y ye
ar, v
olun
teer
s he
lp t
o re
cord
the
num
ber
of a
dult
bird
s re
turn
ing
from
the
mai
nlan
d to
the
ir br
eedi
ng g
roun
ds a
t M
elal
euca
.
Ora
nge-
bellie
d pa
rrot
s br
eed
in
fore
sts
that
frin
ge t
he s
outh
-wes
t bu
tton
gras
s pl
ains
. Fee
ding
sta
tions
ar
e es
tabl
ished
at
Mel
aleu
ca a
nd
at B
irchs
Inle
t, so
uth
of S
trah
an,
whe
re m
ore
than
100
nes
t bo
xes
have
bee
n er
ecte
d to
ena
ble
chic
ks t
o be
mea
sure
d an
d co
lour
band
ed. O
rang
e-be
llied
parr
ots
are
also
bre
d in
cap
tivity
in t
hree
A
ustr
alia
n St
ates
, with
offs
prin
g re
leas
ed in
to t
he w
ild t
o he
lp
boos
t th
e po
pula
tion.
Ever
y ye
ar in
Mar
ch, o
rang
e-be
llied
parr
ots
begi
n th
eir
nort
hern
mig
ratio
n to
coa
stal
V
icto
ria a
nd S
outh
Aus
tral
ia. T
hey
trav
el u
p Ta
sman
ia’s
wes
t co
ast,
spen
ding
tim
e on
Kin
g Isl
and,
and
ot
her
islan
ds in
the
Hun
ter
grou
p,
befo
re c
ross
ing
Bass
Str
ait.
Mie
na c
ider
gum
(Eu
calyp
tus
gunn
iisu
bsp.
diva
ricat
a) is
so
nam
ed
beca
use
Abo
rigin
es a
nd e
arly
st
ockm
en t
appe
d its
sap
and
fe
rmen
ted
it to
form
a c
ider
. One
of
32
euca
lypt
spe
cies
nat
ive
to
Tasm
ania
, it is
now
end
ange
red
– dy
ing
in la
rge
num
bers
as
it st
rugg
les
to c
ope
with
the
war
mer
, dr
ier
sum
mer
s br
ough
t ab
out
by
clim
ate
chan
ge.
In s
umm
er, c
ider
gum
s of
ten
smel
l of
rot
ting
appl
es a
s sa
p th
at h
as
ooze
d fro
m h
oles
in t
he t
runk
and
br
anch
es fe
rmen
ts a
t th
e ba
se o
f th
e tr
ee. T
he s
mal
l rou
nded
and
w
axy
youn
g le
aves
are
pop
ular
The
Mie
na c
ider
gum
evo
lved
in a
co
oler
and
wet
ter
clim
ate,
gro
win
g on
the
edg
es o
f fro
st h
ollo
ws
on
the
Cen
tral
Pla
teau
. It
is on
e of
th
e m
ost
frost
tol
eran
t eu
caly
pts
know
n. P
uttin
g fu
rthe
r pr
essu
re
on t
he s
peci
es is
the
fact
tha
t an
y re
grow
th fo
llow
ing
drou
ght
stre
ss
is es
peci
ally
del
icio
us t
o br
owsin
g an
imal
s an
d in
sect
s.
To h
elp
prot
ect
the
Mie
na c
ider
gu
m, t
he la
st r
emai
ning
live
sta
nds
are
bein
g fe
nced
, see
dlin
gs c
aged
an
d pl
antin
gs e
stab
lishe
d to
hel
p pr
even
t th
is sp
ecie
s be
com
ing
extin
ct.
Tasm
ania
’s en
dem
ic fr
eshw
ater
occu
rred
onl
y in
the
orig
inal
Lak
e Pe
dder
and
its
adjo
inin
g la
kes
and
stre
ams.
The
spec
ies
decl
ined
dr
amat
ical
ly a
fter
the
dam
min
g of
La
ke P
edde
r an
d its
cat
chm
ent
so
by t
he m
id 1
980s
, it c
ould
onl
y be
Its n
atur
al h
abita
t had
bee
n in
vade
d by
the
aggr
essiv
e br
own
trou
t and
th
e cl
imbi
ng g
alax
ias,
both
qui
ckly
ou
t-co
mpe
ting
the
Pedd
er g
alax
ias
for
food
and
hab
itat.
be fo
und
in L
ake
Pedd
er o
r its
tr
ibut
arie
s an
d it
has
now
bec
ome
extin
ct in
the
wild
.
Fort
unat
ely,
this
criti
cally
en
dang
ered
spe
cies
stil
l exi
sts
toda
y be
caus
e of
an
insu
ranc
e po
pula
tion
that
was
est
ablis
hed
in
a tr
out-
free
lake
in t
he W
este
rn
Art
hur
Rang
e. T
he in
sura
nce
popu
latio
n br
ed s
ucce
ssfu
lly
and
is to
day
thriv
ing.
A s
econ
d tr
anslo
catio
n sit
e no
w h
olds
a
smal
l num
ber
of P
edde
r ga
laxi
as
but
thes
e ha
ve b
een
slow
to
esta
blish
and
yet
to
bree
d.
Litt
le is
kno
wn
of t
he s
peci
es’ li
fe
hist
ory
in t
he w
ild. I
t is
thou
ght
that
Ped
der
gala
xias
mat
ure
at t
hree
or
four
yea
rs o
f age
an
d sp
awn
in s
prin
g as
wat
er
tem
pera
ture
s ris
e.
The
spec
ies
is ve
ry s
usce
ptib
le
to s
tres
s an
d ef
fort
s to
hol
d it
in
tank
s, as
wel
l as
capt
ive
bree
ding
pr
ogra
ms,
have
bee
n la
rgel
y un
succ
essf
ul.
Ther
e ar
e 11
nat
ive
fresh
wat
er
Gov
ernm
ent
thre
aten
ed s
peci
es
regi
ster
– a
lmos
t ha
lf of
our
25
Did
Yo
u K
no
w
In Ja
nuar
y 20
04, a
Tas
man
ian
man
foun
d a
dead
bee
tle lo
dged
in t
he t
ray
of h
is ut
e. W
hy w
as t
his
so s
peci
al?
Beca
use
it w
as t
he M
ien
a j
ew
el
be
etl
e, p
revi
ously
tho
ught
to
have
been
ext
inct
sin
ce t
he 1
960s
. Sev
eral
Both
men
had
rea
d ab
out
the
‘ext
inct
’
beet
le in
a n
ewsp
aper
sev
eral
mon
ths
earli
er…
just
as
you
are
doin
g no
w.
The
enda
nger
ed je
wel
bee
tle is
hig
hly
deco
rate
d an
d ha
s vi
vid
jew
el-li
ke
colo
urs
and
patt
erns
. For
cen
turie
s
jew
el b
eetle
s ha
ve b
een
used
for
broo
ches
, ear
rings
and
dre
ss p
ins.
They
feed
on
nect
ar a
nd a
dult
beet
les
Did
Yo
u K
no
w
Late
spr
ing
is th
e be
st t
ime
to s
py
the
rare
fa
iry
la
nte
rn (
Thism
ia
rodw
ayi).
It’s
a ve
ry s
mal
l her
b th
at
grow
s in
wet
fore
sts
in s
outh
ern
and
nort
hern
Tas
man
ia. I
t is
rare
ly s
een
beca
use
it liv
es h
idde
n un
derg
roun
d
for
mos
t of
the
yea
r fe
edin
g on
the
rott
ing
part
s of
oth
er p
lant
s. Bu
t in
late
spr
ing
you
mig
ht s
ee it
s br
ight
-
like
smal
l lan
tern
s –
with
in t
he le
af
one
or t
wo
cent
imet
ers
tall,
so k
eep
a
clos
e ey
e ou
t!
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Ba
ud
ins
Se
a-la
ve
nd
er
Ora
ng
e-b
ell
ied
Pa
rro
tP
ed
de
r G
ala
xia
s
Mie
na
Cid
er G
um
Just
ine
Shaw
Richard Schahinger
Obe
ron
Cart
er
Simon de Salis
Caro
l Kro
ger
Sally
Bry
ant
67
The
near
-coa
stal
are
as o
f nor
th-
east
ern
Tasm
ania
, bet
wee
n Br
idpo
rt a
nd C
oles
Bay
, are
the
only
are
as th
at s
and
gras
stre
e (X
anth
orrh
oea
aren
aria
) oc
cur. A
m
ajor
thre
at is
the
root
-rot
ting
dise
ase
Phyt
opht
hora
.
As
its n
ame
sugg
ests
, the
san
d gr
asst
ree
pref
ers
sand
y so
ils. It
has
a
clus
ter
of s
piky
leav
es th
at a
re
stem
that
gro
ws
up to
60c
m h
igh.
Th
ere
are
mas
ses
of ti
ny c
ream
spik
e –
whi
ch a
re p
ollin
ated
by
nativ
e be
es.
Are
as in
the
nort
h-ea
st a
re b
eing
ac
tivel
y m
anag
ed to
kee
p th
em
free
of P
hyto
phth
ora,
mak
ing
them
a
have
n fo
r pl
ants
suc
h as
the
sand
gr
asst
ree.
The
dise
ase
may
be
spre
ad in
mud
at
tach
ed to
veh
icle
s or
eve
n bo
ots,
so it
is
impo
rtan
t to
clea
n al
l ge
ar b
efor
e w
alki
ng
amon
g th
e gr
asst
rees
.
Tasm
ania
has
thre
e sp
ecie
s of
gra
sstr
ee.
The
shin
y gr
asst
ree
(Xan
thor
rhoe
a br
acte
ata)
vuln
erab
le.
If yo
u ar
en’t
sure
whe
ther
the
ha
nds
are
legs
or
the
legs
are
ha
nds,
it m
akes
no
diffe
renc
e if
natio
nally
end
ange
red
spot
ted
used
for
wal
king
acr
oss
the
sea
rela
ted
to m
embe
rs o
f the
have
a s
piny
mem
bran
e on
top
of
thei
r he
ad a
s a
lure
to
attr
act
food
. W
hen
the
mem
bran
e is
raise
d it
in T
asm
ania
, all
foun
d in
ver
y re
stric
ted
popu
latio
ns in
sha
llow
1802
dur
ing
the
Fren
ch e
xped
ition
le
d by
Bau
din,
mak
ing
it on
e of
Aus
tral
ia.
clus
ter
in m
asse
s ar
ound
asso
ciat
ion
betw
een
egg
mas
ses
and
a su
itabl
e la
ying
str
uctu
re is
es
sent
ial f
or t
heir
surv
ival
. The
egg
s
and
guar
ded
by t
he fe
mal
e un
til
they
hat
ch.
Onc
e co
mm
on in
sou
th-e
aste
rn
Tasm
ania
, tod
ay t
here
are
onl
y a
few
ver
y sm
all c
olon
ies
rem
aini
ng.
The
CSI
RO m
onito
rs t
hese
po
pula
tions
and
und
erta
kes
loca
lised
rec
over
y ac
tions
, suc
h as
re
plac
ing
spaw
ning
str
uctu
res.
Abo
ut 2
0 sw
amp
eyeb
right
(E
uphr
asia
gib
bsia
e su
bsp.
psila
nthe
ra)
are
all t
hat
surv
ive
in a
sm
all p
atch
of s
wam
py
grou
nd in
the
Sou
thpo
rt L
agoo
n C
onse
rvat
ion
Are
a, m
akin
g th
is sp
ecie
s on
e of
Aus
tral
ia’s
mos
t cr
itica
lly e
ndan
gere
d.
The
swam
p ey
ebrig
ht w
as
expl
orer
Jacq
ues-
Julie
n H
outo
u
de L
abilla
rdiè
re d
urin
g hi
s vi
sit
to R
eche
rche
Bay
in 1
792.
The
sp
ecie
s w
as t
hen
thou
ght
to b
e ex
tinct
unt
il it
was
red
iscov
ered
in
1985
.
The
swam
p ey
ebrig
ht is
one
of
22 e
yebr
ight
spe
cies
in T
asm
ania
, so
nam
ed b
ecau
se e
xtra
cts
have
long
bee
n us
ed fo
r tr
eatin
g ey
e ai
lmen
ts. T
hey
are
shor
t-liv
ed s
emi p
aras
itic
herb
s th
at
obta
in m
oist
ure
and
nutr
ient
s by
att
achi
ng t
heir
root
s to
oth
er
plan
ts. S
wam
p ey
ebrig
hts
are
susc
eptib
le t
o “d
ryin
g ou
t” d
ue t
o th
e th
reat
s as
soci
ated
with
are
as
mor
e fre
quen
t or
sev
ere
drou
ghts
.
Thes
e tw
o th
reat
ened
spec
ies a
re la
rge,
robu
st an
d br
ightly
col
oure
d fro
gs.
The
vuln
erab
le g
reen
and
gol
d fro
g is
a tr
ee fr
og. T
he m
ale
mak
es a
low
gr
owlin
g ca
ll du
ring
sum
mer
and
ca
n of
ten
be s
een
sun-
baki
ng in
th
e op
en. It
onc
e oc
curr
ed b
road
ly
acro
ss n
orth
ern
and
east
ern
Tasm
ania
, the
Der
wen
t Val
ley,
and
the
Mid
land
s bu
t tod
ay p
opul
atio
ns
are
smal
l and
frag
men
ted.
Rec
ently
di
scov
ered
in Ta
sman
ia, t
he fr
og
dise
ase
Chy
trid
fung
us p
oses
a
You
can
help
lim
it th
e sp
read
of t
his
dise
ase
by n
ot tr
ansfe
rrin
g fro
gs
betw
een
sites
, by
clea
ning
mud
fro
m b
oots
bef
ore
trav
ellin
g in
to
rem
ote
and
sens
itive
are
as a
nd b
y re
port
ing
to D
PIW
any
mai
nlan
d fro
gs a
ccid
enta
lly im
port
ed in
to th
e St
ate
via
fresh
pro
duce
.
Strip
ed m
arsh
frog
s pr
efer
to
live
on t
he g
roun
d hi
ding
in d
ense
ve
geta
tion.
The
y ar
e vo
raci
ous
hunt
ers
and
will
eat
alm
ost
anyt
hing
sm
alle
r th
an t
hem
selv
es.
The
spec
ies
is lis
ted
as r
are
and
is al
so u
nder
thr
eat
from
intr
oduc
ed
cons
erva
tion
actio
ns a
re in
pla
ce
and
invo
lve
surv
ey a
nd p
rote
ctin
g th
eir
habi
tat.
Did
Yo
u K
no
w
Tasm
ania
’s w
ed
ge
-ta
ile
d
ea
gle
is A
ustr
alia
’s la
rges
t bird
of
prey
. Our
eag
les,
whi
ch h
ave
been
isola
ted
from
mai
nlan
d co
unte
rpar
ts
for
thou
sand
s of
yea
rs, a
re h
ighl
y
terr
itoria
l and
can
hav
e up
to th
ree
or
mor
e ne
sts
in th
eir
terr
itory
. Fem
ales
are
larg
er th
an m
ales
by
15%
, and
can
wei
gh a
roun
d 5k
g. Th
e w
ing
span
of
this
mas
sive
bird
is u
p to
2.2
m.
One
eagl
e in
Tasm
ania
is k
now
n to
be
mor
e
than
40
year
s ol
d.
Did
Yo
u K
no
w
Ther
e ar
e on
ly t
hree
kno
wn
plan
ts
of t
he m
yrt
le e
lbo
w o
rch
id(T
hynn
inor
chis
noth
ofag
icola
), an
d
thes
e ar
e fo
und
near
Str
athg
ordo
n,
in T
asm
ania
’s so
uth-
wes
t. Pa
rt o
f
spec
ies
swin
gs o
n a
hing
e an
d lo
oks
rem
arka
bly
like
a na
tive
was
p. M
ale
was
ps a
re a
ttra
cted
to
the
was
p lo
ok-
alik
e by
a s
cent
tha
t m
imic
s a
fem
ale
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Sa
nd
Gra
sstr
ee
Sp
ott
ed
Ha
nd
fish
Gre
en
an
d G
old
Fro
g a
nd
Str
ipe
d M
ars
h F
rog
s
Sw
am
p E
ye
bri
gh
t
Mar
k G
reen
Greg Jordan
Justine Shaw
Les
Rube
nach
Philip
Her
ron
Philip Herron
Han
s Wap
stra
Dep
artm
ent
of
Pri
mar
y In
dus
trie
s an
d W
ater
ww
w.d
piw
.tas
.go
v.au
ww
w.d
piw
.tas
.go
v.au
/thr
eate
ned
spec
ies
ww
w.t
assi
edev
il.co
m.a
u
89
Illustration by Brett Littleton
Hey
kid
s, c
an y
ou
na
me
our
pre
cio
us
Ta
sma
nia
n A
nim
als
?U
nscr
ambl
e th
e le
tter
s to
rev
eal t
he c
orre
ct n
ames
and
writ
e th
em u
nder
neat
h. (
answ
ers
on t
he b
ack
page
)
de
gew
-de
tail
ge
ela
gro
anyf
ld
gen
aro
-lid
be
el
rotp
ar
mat
san
ani
vile
d
lita
ngi
r m
oss
up s’
ne
tte
nb
byl
law
a
rege
n d
an d
olg
go
rf
tere
g
Tasm
ani
an
devi
l
1011
Our
muc
h-lo
ved
Tasm
ania
n de
vil
(Sar
coph
ilus
harr
isii)
is in
tro
uble
an
d ne
eds
help
.
We
have
tak
en fo
r gr
ante
d th
at
the
devi
l will
alw
ays
be a
roun
d.
But
thin
gs h
ave
chan
ged
rapi
dly
for
surv
ival
. Peo
ple
arou
nd t
he
wor
ld a
re s
hock
ed a
nd w
ant
to
know
how
to
help
. Arm
ed w
ith
know
ledg
e, c
omm
unity
sup
port
, an
d a
mul
ti-pr
onge
d, c
oope
rativ
e
Dev
ils
wit
h g
ha
stly
fac
ial
gro
wth
s
Tasm
ania
n de
vil n
umbe
rs w
ere
estim
ated
to
be a
t a
reco
rd h
igh
in t
he e
arly
199
0s, a
nd t
he la
rges
t m
eat-
eatin
g m
arsu
pial
aliv
e to
day
was
con
sider
ed c
omm
on.
But
in 1
996
a w
ildlif
e ph
otog
raph
er, C
hrist
o Ba
ars,
phot
ogra
phed
a n
umbe
r of
dev
ils
in t
he s
tate
’s no
rth-
east
with
gh
astly
faci
al g
row
ths.
Back
in H
obar
t, he
sho
wed
the
ph
otog
raph
s to
Nic
k M
oone
y, a
wild
life
biol
ogist
with
the
D
epar
tmen
t of
Prim
ary
Indu
strie
s an
d W
ater
(D
PIW
).
“Fac
ial w
ound
s an
d ab
sces
ses
are
com
mon
in o
lder
dev
ils,”
Nic
k la
ter
expl
aine
d, “
but
thes
e ca
ncer
-lik
e lu
mps
wer
e qu
ite d
iffer
ent.
In
20 y
ears
wor
king
with
dev
ils, I
’d
neve
r se
en s
uch
gros
s ex
tern
al
tum
ours
.”
A d
ecad
e la
ter,
the
sym
ptom
s ar
e tr
agic
ally
too
fam
iliar. T
he D
evil
Faci
al T
umou
r D
iseas
e (D
FTD
) ap
pear
s to
be
a ne
w c
ondi
tion
that
is r
estr
icte
d to
Tas
man
ian
that
it is
a t
rans
miss
ible
can
cer.
Onc
e th
e ca
ncer
bec
omes
visi
ble,
it
alw
ays
appe
ars
to b
e fa
tal -
us
ually
with
in s
ever
al m
onth
s.
Smal
l lum
ps in
and
aro
und
the
mou
th q
uick
ly d
evel
op in
to la
rge
tum
ours
on
the
face
and
nec
k.
Dea
th r
esul
ts fr
om s
tarv
atio
n an
d th
e br
eakd
own
of b
ody
func
tions
.
Spot
light
ing
data
acr
oss
the
stat
e in
dica
tes
that
the
re h
as b
een
a 53
% d
eclin
e in
sig
htin
gs o
f dev
ils
dise
ase.
In t
he n
orth
-eas
t, w
here
dise
ase,
the
re h
as b
een
an 8
9%
decl
ine
of a
vera
ge s
potli
ghtin
g sig
htin
gs.
60 d
iffer
ent
loca
tions
acr
oss
59%
of
the
Sta
te. T
hank
fully
, mon
itorin
g in
July
thi
s ye
ar a
t Woo
lnor
th,
in t
he fa
r no
rth-
wes
t, pr
ovid
ed
extr
emel
y st
rong
evi
denc
e th
at
the
dise
ase
has
not
yet
spre
ad
furt
her
wes
t th
an t
he C
radl
e M
ount
ain
area
.
A c
oll
ab
ora
tiv
eef
fort
The
wor
k ne
eded
to
save
the
Ta
sman
ian
devi
l is
urge
nt a
nd
offe
rs t
rem
endo
us s
cope
for
colla
bora
tion.
Sci
entis
ts a
cros
s A
ustr
alia
– a
s w
ell a
s N
ew
Zea
land
and
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es
– ha
ve a
lread
y be
gun
rese
arch
into
th
e D
FTD
.
The
core
of t
he p
rogr
am
cont
inue
s to
be
co-o
rdin
ated
by
the
DPI
W in
par
tner
ship
with
th
e A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t an
d U
nive
rsity
of T
asm
ania
(U
TAS)
. It
focu
ses
on s
even
key
are
as:
• D
iseas
e su
ppre
ssio
n an
d po
pula
tion
stud
ies
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he In
sura
nce
Popu
latio
n St
rate
gy
• D
iagn
ostic
labo
rato
ry s
uppo
rt
insu
ranc
e po
pula
tion
• M
onito
ring
the
evol
utio
n of
the
tu
mou
r
• D
iseas
e pr
even
tion
and
trea
tmen
t
• C
omm
unity
aw
aren
ess
and
prog
ram
man
agem
ent
Dev
ils
agai
n th
riv
ing
in
th
e w
ild
Ever
yone
invo
lved
in t
he ‘S
ave
the
Tasm
ania
n D
evil’
Prog
ram
wan
ts
to a
gain
see
the
dev
il th
rivin
g in
th
e w
ild.
The
reco
very
str
ateg
y su
ppor
ted
by t
he A
ustr
alia
n an
d Ta
sman
ian
Gov
ernm
ents
tog
ethe
r w
ith U
TAS,
feat
ures
a r
ange
of a
ppro
ache
s to
pr
ovid
e th
e sp
ecie
s w
ith t
he b
est
chan
ce o
f sur
viva
l. The
top
prio
rity
is th
e ne
ed fo
r fu
rthe
r in
sura
nce
stra
tegi
es.
“We
alre
ady
have
cap
tive
bree
ding
po
pula
tions
est
ablis
hed,
and
re
prod
ucin
g, on
the
mai
nlan
d,”
said
Dr
Stev
e Sm
ith, m
anag
er o
f th
e ‘S
ave
the
Tasm
ania
n D
evil’
Prog
ram
.
“We’
re a
lso a
ddre
ssin
g qu
estio
ns
such
as
how
man
y Tas
man
ian
devi
ls w
e ne
ed in
an
insu
ranc
e po
pula
tion
to m
aint
ain
gene
tic
dive
rsity
, and
whe
ther
we
need
w
ild, is
land
pop
ulat
ions
in a
dditi
on
to c
aptiv
e po
pula
tions
.”
Oth
er g
oals
for
the
prog
ram
in
clud
e th
e su
ppre
ssio
n of
the
di
seas
e in
the
wild
, the
del
iver
y of
an
effe
ctiv
e va
ccin
e ag
ains
t th
e tu
mou
r, an
ant
i-can
cer
trea
tmen
t fo
r in
fect
ed T
asm
ania
n de
vils
and
a se
lect
ivel
y br
ed p
opul
atio
n w
ith
incr
ease
d he
redi
tary
res
istan
ce.
Dev
ils
of
inte
rest
Mon
itorin
g fo
r th
e sp
read
of t
he
DFT
D t
akes
pla
ce a
t tr
appi
ng
sites
acr
oss
the
stat
e. T
his
wor
k pr
ovid
es in
form
atio
n ab
out
the
spre
ad o
f the
dise
ase,
and
the
im
pact
on
loca
l dev
il po
pula
tions
. A
noth
er a
dvan
tage
of t
he w
ild
mon
itorin
g pr
ogra
m is
tha
t it
allo
ws
rese
arch
ers
to fo
llow
the
pr
ogre
ss o
f ind
ivid
ual T
asm
ania
n de
vils
and
look
for
any
signs
of
resis
tanc
e to
the
dise
ase.
Of t
he 4
6 di
seas
ed a
nim
als
that
mar
ked
since
she
sta
rted
tra
ppin
g at
Fen
tonb
ury
in Ju
ne 2
004,
she
’s on
ly r
ecap
ture
d 10
mor
e th
an
once
. Onc
e a
devi
l get
s D
FTD
it
is fa
tal a
nd it
app
ears
tha
t th
ey
usua
lly d
ie w
ithin
thr
ee m
onth
s an
d ar
e no
t tr
appe
d ag
ain.
Of t
he
10 d
iseas
ed a
nim
als
caug
ht t
wic
e,
only
tw
o in
divi
dual
s ha
ve b
een
caug
ht m
ore
than
tw
ice
– a
devi
l w
ith a
tum
our
that
see
med
to
shrin
k fo
r a
whi
le b
efor
e gr
owin
g ra
pidl
y ag
ain
(pic
ture
d at
rig
ht),
and
a se
cond
fem
ale,
whi
ch w
as
thre
e ye
ars
old.
Bot
h di
seas
ed
fem
ales
suc
cess
fully
wea
ned
thei
r yo
ung
befo
re b
eing
ove
rwhe
lmed
by
the
can
cer.
“The
long
-ter
m e
colo
gica
l m
onito
ring
prog
ram
allo
ws
us
to fo
llow
the
pro
gres
s of
pou
ch
youn
g fro
m s
uch
inte
rest
ing
indi
vidu
als,”
sai
d Bi
llie. “
They
may
ha
ve s
omet
hing
spe
cial
abo
ut
them
, so
we
also
tak
e bl
ood
and
tissu
e sa
mpl
es t
o se
e w
hat
can
be
lear
nt fr
om t
hem
.”
Save
th
e T
asm
an
ian
De
vil
Pro
gram
The
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent
is
Tasm
ania
n D
evil
with
a g
rant
of
$3 m
illion
.
For
furt
her
info
rmat
ion
on
Thre
aten
ed S
peci
es D
ay g
o to
:
ww
w.e
nvir
onm
ent.g
ov.a
u/bi
odiv
ersi
ty/t
hrea
tene
d/ts
-day
/in
dex.
htm
l
www.tassiedevil.com.au
15 July 2006 5 October 2006 9 January 2007 27 April 2007
Simon de Salis
Charlotte McKenzie
Simon de Salis
1213
Sy
mp
ath
y f
or
the
Dev
il
Wha
t w
ould
it m
atte
r if
we
did
lose
the
Tas
man
ian
devi
l, or
even
if
its n
umbe
rs r
educ
ed s
o m
uch
it w
as n
ot e
colo
gica
lly fu
nctio
nal?
Wel
l, the
env
ironm
enta
l and
ag
ricul
tura
l im
pact
s ar
e al
read
y be
ing
felt.
The
decl
ine
in d
evil
num
bers
m
eans
the
re a
re n
ow la
rge
amou
nts
of s
urpl
us fo
od in
the
la
ndsc
ape
– up
to
70 t
onne
s a
day
– an
d ot
her
carn
ivor
es h
ave
notic
ed! T
he b
igge
st c
once
rns
are
the
intr
oduc
ed, in
vasiv
e sp
ecie
s, lik
e fe
ral c
ats,
dogs
and
Eur
opea
n w
asps
.
“But
the
big
gest
sin
gle
thre
at t
o th
e ec
olog
y of
Tas
man
ia is
the
fox,
” sa
id N
ick
Moo
ney,
wild
life
biol
ogist
w
ith D
PIW
.
“Dev
ils h
ave
prob
ably
pre
viou
sly
acte
d as
a b
uffe
r to
fox
esta
blish
men
t in
Tas
man
ia. B
ut
with
the
ir de
clin
e, t
hat
mea
sure
of
pro
tect
ion
for
the
Stat
e is
now
dr
astic
ally
red
uced
.
“It
seem
s w
e ha
ve t
aken
our
litt
le
devi
ls fo
r gr
ante
d.”
A fu
lly e
stab
lishe
d fo
x po
pula
tion
wou
ld p
rey
on a
t le
ast
70
vert
ebra
te s
peci
es, d
irect
ly
enda
nger
ing
seve
n. O
vera
ll, th
e an
nual
cos
t to
the
Tas
man
ian
econ
omy
wou
ld b
e up
to
$20
milli
on, in
clud
ing
the
effe
ct o
n to
urism
and
agr
icul
ture
, as
wel
l as
the
on-
goin
g ex
pens
e of
co
ntro
lling
the
fox
impa
ct.
A m
od
ern
-day
Ark
The
Tasm
ania
n de
vils
sent
to
the
Aus
tral
ian
Rept
ile P
ark
in N
SW,
as p
art
of o
ur c
aptiv
e br
eedi
ng
popu
latio
n, h
ave
been
doi
ng t
heir
job!
One
fem
ale
was
disc
over
ed t
o ha
ve y
oung
in t
he p
ouch
sho
rtly
af
ter
she
was
sen
t to
Gos
ford
last
C
hrist
mas
, and
now
thr
ee m
ore
devi
ls ar
e ca
rryi
ng y
oung
– a
fu
rthe
r 10
juve
nile
dev
ils fo
r th
e “P
roje
ct A
rk”
insu
ranc
e po
pula
tion.
Earli
er t
his
year
, Cur
rum
bin
that
one
of t
he fe
mal
e de
vils
that
w
ere
ship
ped
ther
e w
as c
arry
ing
four
you
ng in
her
pou
ch.
The
47 a
nim
als
in ‘P
roje
ct A
rk’
wer
e se
nt t
o fo
ur m
ainl
and
wild
life
park
s. Th
ey c
ould
pla
y an
im
port
ant
role
, if e
ver
need
ed,
in h
elpi
ng t
o re
-est
ablis
h he
alth
y po
pula
tions
in T
asm
ania
.
Vo
lun
tee
rs c
an
real
ly m
ake
a d
iffe
ren
ce
Volu
ntee
rs w
ith t
he ‘S
ave
the
Tasm
ania
n D
evil’
prog
ram
can
re
ally
mak
e a
diffe
renc
e. W
ho
mak
es a
goo
d vo
lunt
eer?
Any
one
from
a s
tude
nt t
o a
retir
ee, o
r a
loca
l to
an o
vers
eas
visit
or. A
ll yo
u re
ally
nee
d is
a w
illing
ness
to
lend
a
hand
.
broa
d ca
tego
ries
of:
•Fi
eld
mon
itorin
g: tr
appi
ng a
t a
num
ber
of s
ites
acro
ss t
he
Stat
e, w
ith s
urve
ys t
ypic
ally
go
ing
for
11 -
12
days
.
•W
ild m
anag
emen
t: he
lpin
g w
ith
dise
ase
supp
ress
ion
tria
ls on
th
e Fo
rest
ier-T
asm
an P
enin
sula
s. A
typ
ical
sur
vey
goes
for
appr
oxim
atel
y 11
- 1
2 da
ys.
•C
aptiv
e m
anag
emen
t: as
sistin
g w
ith t
he d
ay-t
o-da
y ca
re o
f ‘in
sura
nce
popu
latio
n’ d
evils
, be
ing
held
in q
uara
ntin
e fa
cilit
ies.
If vo
lunt
eerin
g so
unds
like
so
met
hing
tha
t m
ight
inte
rest
you
, th
en in
form
atio
n an
d vo
lunt
eer
regi
stra
tion
form
s ar
e av
aila
ble
from
the
‘Sav
e th
e Ta
sman
ian
devi
l’ pr
ogra
m. P
h: 0
3 62
33 2
006
or
Emai
l: Dev
ilDise
ase.
Enqu
iries
@dp
iw.ta
s.gov
.au
Hel
pin
g th
e D
evil
to s
urv
ive
in
th
e w
ild
Is th
e Ta
sman
ian
devi
l doo
med
as
a r
esul
t of
the
faci
al t
umou
r di
seas
e?
This
was
the
unn
ervi
ng q
uest
ion
raise
d at
a r
ecen
t se
ries
of p
ublic
le
ctur
es, h
oste
d ac
ross
the
Sta
te
by U
TAS.
Prof
esso
r H
amish
McC
allu
m, f
rom
th
e U
TAS
Scho
ol o
f Zoo
logy
and
se
nior
sci
entis
t fo
r th
e ‘S
ave
the
Tasm
ania
n D
evil’
prog
ram
, wen
t st
raig
ht t
o th
e po
int
with
the
bad
ne
ws:
if w
e do
not
hing
, res
earc
h su
gges
ts t
hat
the
Tasm
ania
n de
vil
will
be e
xtin
ct w
ithin
20
to 3
0 ye
ars.
“The
re is
a c
ontin
uing
dec
line
in t
he d
evil
popu
latio
n as
a
resu
lt of
thi
s di
seas
e,”
Prof
esso
r M
cCal
lum
sai
d. “
In t
he n
orth
-eas
t, th
e po
pula
tion
is le
ss t
han
10 p
er
cent
of w
hat
it w
as in
199
6. O
n th
e ea
st c
oast
, we
have
see
n a
rapi
d de
clin
e, a
nd it
is n
ow m
ovin
g th
roug
h th
e M
idla
nds.”
The
nort
h-w
est
corn
er a
ppea
rs
to h
ave
rem
aine
d di
seas
e-fre
e, b
ut
pred
ictio
ns s
ugge
st t
he d
iseas
e co
uld
reac
h th
at a
rea
with
in t
hree
ye
ars.
A n
orm
al, h
ealth
y Tas
man
ian
year
s, bu
t a
dise
ased
dev
il w
ill on
ly
live
abou
t six
mon
ths.
Prof
esso
r M
cCal
lum
out
lined
four
th
ings
tha
t ca
n be
don
e to
hel
p sa
ve t
he T
asm
ania
n de
vil:
•Re
mov
ing
som
e de
vils
to a
pl
ace
the
dise
ase
can’
t re
ach
(a
mod
ern-
day
ark)
to
crea
te a
n “i
nsur
ance
” po
pula
tion.
•Su
ppre
ssin
g th
e di
seas
e by
re
mov
ing
infe
cted
ani
mal
s,
•Se
lect
ivel
y br
eedi
ng r
esist
ant
anim
als.
•D
evel
opin
g a
vacc
ine
to
prev
ent
the
dise
ase.
Prof
esso
r M
cCal
lum
sai
d th
e dr
amat
ic e
ffect
of t
he d
iseas
e de
man
ded
an u
rgen
t re
spon
se.
The
good
new
s is
that
cut
ting-
edge
res
earc
h is
now
und
er w
ay.
Man
agem
ent
prog
ram
s ar
e al
so
bein
g de
velo
ped
to g
ive
the
Tasm
ania
n de
vil t
he v
ery
best
ch
ance
of s
urvi
val.
“The
re a
re v
ery
early
sig
ns t
hat
ther
e m
ay b
e a
few
res
istan
t an
imal
s ou
t th
ere,
” Pr
ofes
sor
McC
allu
m s
aid,
“an
d an
imal
s ar
e no
w b
eing
foun
d w
ith s
mal
ler
tum
ours
. The
y ar
e be
ing
dete
cted
ea
rlier
in t
he d
evel
opm
ent
stag
e,
whi
ch is
also
goo
d ne
ws.
“Sci
entis
ts a
re a
ctua
lly m
anag
ing
to h
ave
an e
ffect
on
the
over
all
man
agem
ent
of t
he d
iseas
e.”
Mai
nta
inin
g ge
net
ic
div
ers
ity
?
The
conc
ept
of a
n ‘a
rk’ h
as
been
dev
elop
ed t
o m
aint
ain
the
Tasm
ania
n de
vil a
s an
eco
logi
cally
fu
nctio
nal s
peci
es in
the
wild
. Th
e go
al is
to
reta
in 9
5% g
enet
ic
dive
rsity
for
50 y
ears
– a
nd t
o do
thi
s, be
twee
n 17
00 a
nd 5
000
devi
ls ar
e ne
eded
in p
rote
cted
po
pula
tions
.
Insu
ranc
e po
pula
tions
nee
d to
co
mpr
ise b
oth
capt
ive
and
wild
an
imal
s.
Capt
ive p
opul
atio
ns a
re m
anag
ed
in z
oos,
wild
life
park
s an
d so
me
gove
rnm
ent
faci
litie
s.
Wild
pop
ulat
ions
may
incl
ude
intr
oduc
ing
devi
ls to
offs
hore
isl
ands
or
fenc
ing
off l
arge
pe
nins
ulas
. Dise
ase
supp
ress
ion
thro
ugh
the
rem
oval
of d
iseas
ed
devi
ls fro
m a
n iso
late
d w
ild
popu
latio
n is
curr
ently
our
onl
y m
etho
d fo
r co
ntro
lling
the
dise
ase
in t
he w
ild. I
f the
dise
ase
can
be
erad
icat
ed o
n fe
nced
pen
insu
las,
thes
e la
rge
area
s co
uld
beco
me
an
impo
rtan
t pa
rt o
f the
“ark
”.
bein
g un
dert
aken
by
Dr
Men
na
Jone
s on
the
For
estie
r an
d Ta
sman
pe
nins
ulas
, is r
etur
ning
enc
oura
ging
pr
elim
inar
y re
sults
.
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Simon de Salis
Simon de SalisD
ydee
Man
n
The Australian Reptile Park
1415
De
tec
tin
g a
dev
il o
f a
dis
ease
A t
est
that
can
det
ect
DFT
D
befo
re in
divi
dual
s sh
ow a
ny
obvi
ous
sym
ptom
s is
an im
port
ant
part
of t
he r
esea
rch
into
the
di
seas
e.
Scie
ntist
s fro
m t
he A
ustr
alia
n C
entr
e fo
r Re
sear
ch o
n Se
para
tion
Scie
nce
(AC
ROSS
) at
U
TAS,
as w
ell a
s re
sear
cher
s fro
m
DPI
W, a
re s
low
ly b
uild
ing
a pi
ctur
e of
pro
tein
s co
ntai
ned
in t
he b
lood
se
rum
of h
ealth
y Tas
man
ian
devi
ls.
This
can
then
be
com
pare
d w
ith
the
prot
eins
in t
he s
erum
of d
evils
w
ith t
he d
iseas
e.
Min
or c
hang
es in
the
pro
tein
so t
he r
esea
rch
mus
t us
e st
ate-
of-t
he-a
rt, s
ensit
ive
anal
ytic
al
inst
rum
enta
tion
and
ultr
a-se
nsiti
ve
chem
istry
. Thi
s is
bein
g de
velo
ped
with
in A
CRO
SS. I
t w
ill ev
entu
ally
en
able
sci
entis
ts t
o m
ap t
he e
ntire
pa
tter
n of
pro
tein
s w
ith t
he d
evil
seru
m a
nd t
o de
tect
eve
n th
e sm
alle
st o
f cha
nges
.
AC
ROSS
Res
earc
her,
Dr
Mic
hael
Br
eadm
ore,
sai
d th
at u
nlik
e co
nven
tiona
l app
roac
hes
to p
re
clin
ical
dia
gnos
tic t
ests
, whi
ch
typi
cally
look
for
just
one
uni
que
bio
mar
ker,
this
rese
arch
cov
ers
the
entir
e pr
otei
n m
akeu
p of
the
de
vil.
“The
con
vent
iona
l app
roac
h fo
cuse
s on
ly o
n on
e as
pect
-
for
exam
ple,
the
left
eye
- an
d di
ffere
nces
in it
s siz
e an
d co
lour
,” he
sai
d. “
The
new
app
roac
h w
ill be
ba
sed
on lo
okin
g at
all
part
s of
a
face
- e
yes,
nose
, mou
th, h
airs
, ear
s, ey
ebro
ws,
chee
ks -
and
com
pare
th
em a
t ev
ery
leve
l, thu
s bu
ildin
g up
a m
ore
com
plet
e an
d re
liabl
e di
agno
stic
.”
Dev
elop
ing
the
pre
clin
ical
di
agno
stic
tes
t is
a lo
ng p
roce
ss,
but
will
even
tual
ly h
elp
to d
evel
op
a te
st w
hich
can
be
used
in t
he
wild
to
dete
ct d
iseas
ed d
evils
be
fore
the
y sh
ow a
ny t
umou
rs.
Th
e Ta
sman
ian
Dev
il A
pp
ea
l
The
Uni
vers
ity o
f Tas
man
ia, in
pa
rtne
rshi
p w
ith t
he T
asm
ania
n G
over
nmen
t, ha
s la
unch
ed a
n ap
peal
to
raise
fund
s fo
r vi
tal
rese
arch
into
all
aspe
cts
of D
FTD
.
This
publ
ic a
ppea
l rai
ses
fund
s fo
r re
sear
ch a
nd o
n-go
ing
man
agem
ent
prog
ram
s, ai
med
at
pro
tect
ing
this
extr
aord
inar
y sp
ecie
s in
the
wild
. Our
hop
e is
to r
aise
a m
inim
um o
f $1
milli
on
by t
he e
nd o
f 200
8 –
and
you
have
alre
ady
help
ed u
s to
rai
se
mor
e th
an $
250,
000.
Sch
olar
ship
s an
d Re
sear
ch G
rant
s of
mor
e th
an $
100,
000
have
alre
ady
been
aw
arde
d fro
m A
ppea
l fun
ds.
Ho
w y
ou
can
h
elp
to
sa
ve
ou
r Ta
sman
ian
Dev
il:
•Fe
ed t
he Q
anta
s Tas
man
ian
Dev
il co
llect
ion
scul
ptur
es
loca
ted
at H
obar
t, La
unce
ston
, Sy
dney
and
Mel
bour
ne
dom
estic
ter
min
als,
Tasm
ania
n Pa
rks
and
Wild
life
Visi
tor
Cen
tres
at
Frey
cine
t, C
radl
e M
ount
ain
and
Lake
St
Cla
ir an
d th
e Q
ueen
Vic
toria
Mus
eum
an
d A
rt G
alle
ry.
•M
ail y
our
dona
tions
to
The
Tasm
ania
n D
evil
App
eal,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Tas
man
ia
Foun
datio
n,
Priv
ate
Bag
40,
Hob
art,
7001
or
pho
ne 6
226
2053
.
•D
onat
e on
line
at
tass
ied
ev
il.c
om
.au
Don
atio
ns o
ver
$2 a
re t
ax
dedu
ctib
le.
A c
on
tagi
ou
s c
an
ce
r?
Unl
ike
the
vario
us c
ance
rs t
hat
strik
e hu
man
s, D
FTD
has
a v
ery
rare
feat
ure
- it
is on
e of
onl
y th
ree
canc
ers
that
can
spr
ead
like
a co
ntag
ious
dise
ase.
Usu
ally,
can
cer
cann
ot b
e “c
augh
t”.
The
canc
er c
ells
from
one
in
divi
dual
are
tot
ally
diff
eren
t to
an
othe
r in
divi
dual
, so
they
are
re
ject
ed b
y th
e im
mun
e sy
stem
w
hen
they
are
tra
nsfe
rred
.
The
fact
tha
t D
FTD
bre
aks
this
rule
rai
ses
man
y qu
estio
ns
abou
t th
e im
mun
e sy
stem
of
the
Tasm
ania
n de
vil -
que
stio
ns
whi
ch a
re b
eing
inve
stig
ated
by
a te
am o
f res
earc
hers
, led
by U
TAS
Ass
ocia
te P
rofe
ssor
, Gre
g W
oods
.
As
part
of t
his
rese
arch
, PhD
st
uden
t Ale
x Kr
eiss
has
use
d bl
ood
devi
ls ha
ve a
fully
func
tiona
l im
mun
e sy
stem
. So
the
pres
sing
ques
tion
is ho
w t
he t
umou
rs c
an
deve
lop?
Why
are
n’t
the
devi
l fa
cial
tum
our
cells
rej
ecte
d by
the
im
mun
e sy
stem
?
The
devi
l-to-
devi
l tra
nsm
issio
n su
gges
ts t
hat
this
canc
er is
sim
ilar
to a
tra
nspl
ant.
But
in t
his
case
, th
e tr
ansp
lant
is n
ot a
life
-sav
ing
orga
n bu
t a
life-
thre
aten
ing
canc
er.
Furt
her
test
s ha
ve b
een
done
to
inve
stig
ate
whe
ther
the
Tas
man
ian
devi
l has
the
cor
rect
gen
es t
o al
low
rec
ogni
tion
of fo
reig
n ce
lls.
This
was
don
e by
tak
ing
lym
phoc
ytes
(th
e ke
y ce
ll in
the
im
mun
e sy
stem
) fro
m m
any
devi
ls an
d m
ixin
g th
em t
o se
e if
they
re
acte
d to
eac
h ot
her. T
he r
esul
ts
show
ed t
hat T
asm
ania
n de
vils
faile
d to
rec
ogni
se c
ells
from
oth
er
devi
ls as
diff
eren
t.
This
stro
ngly
sug
gest
s th
at a
lack
of
gene
tic d
iver
sity
amon
g Tas
man
ian
devi
ls he
lps
to m
ake
the
canc
er
infe
ctio
us. I
n ot
her
wor
ds, w
hen
a he
alth
y de
vil i
s in
fect
ed w
ith
DFT
D fr
om a
noth
er a
nim
al, t
he
infe
cted
dev
il’s im
mun
e sy
stem
as
sum
es t
he c
ance
rous
cel
ls ar
e pa
rt o
f its
ow
n bo
dy a
nd d
oes
not
reje
ct t
hem
.
The
daun
ting
task
ahe
ad is
to
teac
h th
e de
vil’s
imm
une
syst
em
to r
ecog
nise
the
can
cer
cells
as
infe
ctio
us, w
hich
will
then
ale
rt t
he
Tasm
ania
n de
vil’s
imm
une
syst
em
to d
estr
oy t
hese
can
cer
cells
.
Pu
bli
c le
ctu
res
wit
h t
he
late
st u
pd
ates
Wou
ld y
ou li
ke t
o kn
ow m
ore
abou
t in
sura
nce
stra
tegi
es fo
r Tas
man
ian
devi
ls an
d w
ild m
anag
emen
t tr
ials?
The
n co
me
alon
g to
the
UTA
S pu
blic
le
ctur
e se
ries.
Ho
ba
rt
6pm
, Tue
sday
11t
h Se
ptem
ber,
Stan
ley
Burb
ury T
heat
reU
nive
rsity
of T
asm
ania
(Sa
ndy
Bay)
.Pr
ofes
sor
Ham
ish M
cCal
lum
– In
trod
uctio
n an
d ov
ervi
ew.
Dr
Men
na Jo
nes
– W
hat
are
we
doin
g to
sav
e th
e Ta
sman
ian
devi
l? W
ild
man
agem
ent
at F
ores
tier
Peni
nsul
a an
d th
e po
tent
ial o
f offs
hore
isla
nds.
La
un
ce
sto
n
6pm
, Wed
nesd
ay 1
2th
Sept
embe
r, Q
ueen
Vic
toria
Mus
eum
& A
rt G
alle
ryIn
vere
sk T
heat
re.
Dr
Stev
en S
mith
– In
trod
uctio
n an
d ov
ervi
ew.
Prof
esso
r H
amish
McC
allu
m -
Wha
t ar
e w
e do
ing
to s
ave
the
Tasm
ania
n de
vil?
Wild
man
agem
ent
at F
ores
tier
Peni
nsul
a an
d th
e po
tent
ial o
f of
fsho
re is
land
s.
Bu
rn
ie
7pm
, Thu
rsda
y 13
th S
epte
mbe
r, Bu
rnie
Civ
ic C
entr
e.D
r St
even
Sm
ith –
Intr
oduc
tion
and
over
view
.D
r M
enna
Jone
s - W
hat
are
we
doin
g to
sav
e th
e Ta
sman
ian
devi
l? W
ild
man
agem
ent
at F
ores
tier
Peni
nsul
a an
d th
e po
tent
ial o
f offs
hore
isla
nds.
For
furt
her
enqu
iries
em
ail:
Publ
ic.R
elat
ions
@ut
as.e
du.a
u or
pho
ne: 6
226
2521
.
www.tassiedevil.com.au
DPIW/UTAS
Gra
eme
Har
ringt
on
UTAS
• Be aware! Learn more about Tasmania’s unique plants and wildlife. There are lots of books, many free guides and heaps of information on the Department of Primary Industries and Water website. www.dpiw.tas.gov.au
• Take responsibility for your household and personal garbage. Recycle where possible, and keep the bush and the water free of rubbish like plastic, glass and household waste.
• Keep your dogs and cats in at night and don’t let them roam.
• Visiting your national parks and reserves is a great way to learn about Tasmania’s wildlife.
• Walk on the waterline at the beach so you don’t disturb nesting shorebirds.
you use doesn’t have animal nest hollows in it.
• Garden clippings can become bush weeds if they aren’t properly disposed of. If possible, only plant species that don’t pose a threat to native bush. For more information on weeds, pests and diseases, including a weeds index, go to www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/weeds
• Stick to marked tracks in the bush and wash down your gear. This will help prevent the spread of introduced diseases, such as root rot.
What you can doto protect Tasmania ’s nat iveplants and animals
Depar tment of Pr imar y Industr ies and Water134 Macquar ie StreetGPO Box 44, Hobar t , 7001Tasmania
www.dpiw.tas.gov.auwww.dpiw.tas.gov.au/threatenedspecieswww.tassiedevi l .com.au
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