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Friday, January 01, 2010

good news for devils!!!


of the tasmanian kind that is.

i became aware of this disease a while ago watching growing up marsupial on animal planet.


Scientists find details of tumors killing off Tasmanian devils

The facial cancer devastating the species is a nerve tumor that escaped its original host, and is passed from one devil to another through bites. Researchers hope the discovery will lead to a vaccine.




pic: This Tasmanian devil, photographed at Healesville Sanctuary, is part of the Save the Devil program that has been established to help protect Australia's Tasmanian devils which are at risk of extinction from devil facial tumor disease. (Cameron Wells, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)

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