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23 January 2008 12:33![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denToxic flame retardant found in tasmanian devils. Is this the cause of the lethal facial tumour disease?
And in other, unpublicized news, Western Plains Zoo (now renamed Taronga Western Plains) has a colony of 12 devils that are not on display. They are trying to get them to breed as part of the species rescue programme.
And in other, unpublicized news, Western Plains Zoo (now renamed Taronga Western Plains) has a colony of 12 devils that are not on display. They are trying to get them to breed as part of the species rescue programme.
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Date: 23 Jan 2008 02:04 (UTC)The trouble with devils is that they are genetically close so a cancer is one will grow in another because they are, from the cancer's POV, the same animal. Cheeters have the same genetic problem.
And Tassie is a very small state/moderately sized island.