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This is not a quoll but it is such a close relative that some of them have spots like quolls. It is of course a Tasmanian devil.

I’m not sure what to say about Tasmanian devils that hasn’t already been said – yes they’re real, no they’re not just cartoon characters, yes they’re only found on a pudendum-shaped island south of Australia for the time being, yes they’re in danger of dying out from a communicable cancer called Devil Facial Tumour Disease, no it’s not cured yet, yes they’re trying to cure it but Tasmanians are running over the vaccinated ones for some reason.

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Australian Animals Photography

This is not a quoll but it’s near as dammit. It’s a Tasmanian devil, currently the largest marsupial predator in existence.

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Australian Animals Photography

This is not a quoll but it’s close enough – it’s a Tasmanian devil having a paddle around in his pond.

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Australian Animals Photography

This is not a quoll but it’s close as damnit – it’s a Tasmanian devil entertaining itself with a bit of rope. Look how red his/her ears are – she’s clearly enjoying herself.

Not even making that part up.

And thus concludes a whole working week of photos of predatory marsupials. Stay tuned for more things which aren’t quolls, possibly even not even close to quolls as some things indeed are not.

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Australian Animals Photography

This is not a quoll but it’s close enough. It’s a Tasmanian devil, the largest marsupial predator still in existence and the record-holder for highest bite-strength to weight ratio of any living animal.

Looney Tunes Show writers: if you’re reading this and The Looney Tunes Show is still going, please turn Taz into an immigrant from Australia, give him an impenetrable Tasmanian accent and a deathly fear of acne. The discontinuity will be worth it.

Tasmanian devils are currently undergoing an Australia-wide breeding programme to create insurance populations in case they go extinct in the wild from communicable facial cancer. If you’re in or around Perth, the biggest display group of Tasmanian devils in one place can be found down at Peel Zoo near Pinjarra.