• @[email protected]
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      338 months ago

      You don’t want to be the first person mauled sufficiently hard enough to catch Tasmanian Devil Face Cancer?

      Think of the papers you’ll be cited in!

  • @[email protected]
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    138 months ago

    Walk away slowly. Under stress, they release a smell so offensive it can literally knock you unconscious.

    • Pumpkin Escobar
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      98 months ago

      Went to one of the sanctuaries around Hobart, their odor is pretty rough. I saw it described as smelling like a smelly wet dog, and it’s definitely like that, but combined with like a “skunk, but one that evolved on the other side of the planet” smell.

  • @21Cabbage
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    88 months ago

    I feel the urge the rub it’s belly but am pretty sure I should not.

  • @[email protected]
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    58 months ago

    Man I wonder what a domesticated planet would be like, pretty much every creature that could be made friendly to humans haas been