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[moominmolly]

Want to hear what a Tasmanian Devil actually sounds like? Well, here you go. Hint: they sound like phlegmy little zombies.

They look a bit cuter than that: here's a short little movie, and, of course, two photos:

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[ivorjawa.livejournal.com]

CUTE!
Big ferocious YAWN!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Aren't they adorable?

Fierce, though! Rrr!

[ivorjawa.livejournal.com]

They do sound like zombies! RAAAR! Fuzzy little brain-eating beasties!

[ivorjawa.livejournal.com]

OMG IT'S WASHING ITS CUTE LITTLE FACE!

You know, come to think of it, Warner Brothers got the sound of Taz down reasonably accurately.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And, apparently, the ripping into things (http://www.tased.edu.au/tot/fauna/devilfeed.mov) bit, too. That's a movie of a few of the little guys tearing into a wallaby roadkill fed to them by a zookeeper. They eat the whole thing, bones and all.

[delerium69.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember the first time I saw them on television (I think it was the "Croc Hunter") and was very surprised that they sounded EXACTLY like Taz, except for the raspberry/spitting sound he makes. (Which is fun to do at parties to entertain your drunk friends)

*Nikki's friend Beth waves hello*

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Hello hello! By the way, I've always liked the poster depicted in your icon.

[delerium69.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you. It's one of my favourites.

I just want you to know

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

that when I turned on my speakers, I discovered that another webpage (presumably) had "How Great Thou Art" on repeat. And so I found myself playing Tasmanian Devil noises on top of it.

Re: I just want you to know

[ivorjawa.livejournal.com]

Dude. Tasmanian Devil Rock!

Re: I just want you to know

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

That is freakish and great.

[harlequinaide.livejournal.com]

Ack, ppbbtthh!!!

Must remember to check this out when I get home. And possibly put on my iRiver, to come up at random when I'm driving. So cute!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

You, of all people, really should be sure to listen to it.

[harlequinaide.livejournal.com]

I did, and I love it! Rar! Thank you.

[ectropy.livejournal.com]

Hey, their ears don't face forward! That's kinda strange...

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Hmm. They're predators and also scavengers. Perhaps they're hunted by larger things? (That's a predator/prey thing, yes?)

i don't think so...

[chaggalagirl.livejournal.com]

the tazzy devil is one of the largest predators in australia (i think). they're also pretty damn vicious (they even made jeff corwin nervous) -- and adorable! rawr!

i think maybe some of the bigger venemous snakes *might* eat a tazzy youngster if it can find one that's kinda dumb about snakes.

perhaps i watch too much animal planet.

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

Taz is cute until you see him in action.

When I was in Australia, the coops at the nature sanctuary we visited were open to the sky. A pigeon came down and landed in Taz's cage.

Taz had previously been invisible, and I dind't get too get a look at thim as he darted out, grabbed the pigeon, and dragged it into his lair, but man, did that pigeone squeal for a few seconds, and the chewing noises....

But the koala bear that dropped its eucalyptus leaf was even scarier. Koalas are basically eucalyptus junkies, and he was desperate for a fix, man!

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Now I wish they lived in Maine, just so they could hang out in the national forest and make those noises right outside the tents of vacationing cityfolk.