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When the Devil’s Away the Possums Will Play
A large male Tasmanian devil with advanced facial tumours, the disease that has caused widespread and severe decline across the devil’s range.
By Tracey Hollings and Menna Jones
Brushtail possums are boldly venturing away from the safety of trees to forage on the ground as an unprecedented transmissible cancer removes their major predator, the Tasmanian devil.
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