Tasmanian Devil (13 page)

Ollie and Donny. Donny and Clyde were orphans raised at the home of David Pemberton,
his partner Rosemary Gales and their children Sam, Elsa and Ollie.
(David Pemberton)

Taz, the indomitable Warner Bros. character. Just five Taz cartoons were made between
1954 and 1964. He was resurrected in 1990 and became a billion-dollar income
generator for Warner Bros.
(Courtesy Warner Bros. Taz, Tasmanian Devil and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

Aboriginal students at Rokeby Primary School in southern Tasmania wrote and illustrated a Tasmanian devil story in the tradition of Dreamtime legends.
(Courtesy Grant Williams, Rokeby Primary School)

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is a virulent cancer of unknown origin and with no known
cure. First detected in 1996, it has spread across most of the island, greatly reducing the
devil population in some areas and threatening the survival of the species.
(Nick Mooney)

Albino devils are extremely rare. This photograph of one crossing a road was taken near
Marrawah.
(Geoff King)

This devil, named Coolah, lived at Fort Wayne Chidren's Zoo in northern Indiana,
United States. He had the distinction of being probably the world's oldest captive
devil, living for seven and a half years, and was the last known captive devil outside
Australia.
(Courtesy Elaine Kirchner, Fort Wayne Children's Zoo)

Eric Guiler initiated modern research into the Tasmanian devil; he is seen here enticing a devil to ‘sing'. He also devoted much of his career to searching for the thylacine.
(Courtesy The Mercury
)