How cute is this little guy? Most people have never seen a Leadbeater’s Possum in the wild. Victoria: Leadbeater's Possum Image: National Geographic Image Collection / Alamy Stock Photo Learn about how we are protecting Tasmania's forests. The biggest threat to this black-furred scavenger, with a reputed bad temper and famous yawn, is a lethal facial cancer which is sweeping through the population. The Tassie devil is the world’s largest surviving carnivorous marsupial and is endangered within Tasmania, the only place where it remains in the wild. That means a 10-kilogram devil can bite as hard as a 40-kilogram dog. When he grows up, however, his bite will be something to avoid! Devils have such strong jaws that they can bite as hard as a dog four times their size. Tasmania: Tasmanian devil Image: Gerry Pearce / Alamy Stock Photoĭoes he look ferocious to you? Baby Tasmanian devils are called ‘imps’ or 'joeys', and they're adorable. Numbats are dependent upon mature, old-growth forests for survival, but if the government continues to allow their forest homes to be chopped down we may lose these little guys. State-sponsored logging of their forest homes is deeply worrying for the survival of this endangered species. Through the state's efforts to reduce foxes and cats, their main threat, numbat numbers have started to increase. The state’s adoption of these small, stripy creatures as their state emblem may be the reason for their continued existence. These little termite-eating machines used to be found across much of arid and semi-arid southern Australia. They have blunt “pegs” because they do not chew their food, they are just happy to slurp termites all day long! In fact, these little numbat babies will never grow proper teeth like other mammals. What a large tongue! These adorable little numbats use their long, slender sticky tongues to dip into narrow cavities to collect termites. This Threatened Species Day, we want to not only share how amazing these creatures are but also check in on how the species are going-because everyone wants more baby pictures in the future! Western Australia: Numbat Image: Auscape International Pty Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo There is no denying it, the special native Australian animals chosen to be the mascots of our states and territories have seriously cute babies.
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