Tasmanian devils threatened by contagious cancer

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 11:08 in Biology & Nature

(AP) -- Tasmania is trying to save the devil. The Tasmanian devil, a ferocious, snarling fox-sized marsupial, is in danger of going extinct because of a contagious facial cancer. In the meantime, its biggest rival - the European fox - is thriving, and may become so dominant that the devil never comes back.

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