{"id":280240,"date":"2021-06-22T00:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T21:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tasmanian-devils-kill-every-penguin-on-tiny-australian-island\/"},"modified":"2021-06-22T00:38:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T21:38:54","slug":"tasmanian-devils-kill-every-penguin-on-tiny-australian-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tasmanian-devils-kill-every-penguin-on-tiny-australian-island\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tasmanian devils kill every penguin on tiny Australian island"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tasmanian devils kill every penguin on tiny Australian island<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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In the process of trying to save one animal, another was decimated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 45-square-mile Maria Island was once a safe space for the pocket-sized little penguin species. The corner blip of land was free of the menaces the birds face elsewhere and proved a safe home for the creatures, which grow to be just two pounds. Just a decade ago, some 3,000 breeding pairs of little penguins thrived there, the Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Then, in response to an outbreak of a deadly facial tumor disease among Tasmanian devils, 28 of the marsupials were released on the island between 2012 and 2013. Since then, the face tumor disease\u2019s spread has slowed and the devils\u2019 ranks have grown to app<\/a>roximately 100.<\/p>\n

But all of that comes at the expense of the little penguins, as there are no longer any on the island.<\/p>\n

\u201cLosing 3,000 pairs of penguins from an island that is a national park that should be a refuge for this species basically is a major blow,\u201d Dr. Eric Woehler of BirdLife Tasmania told the Guardian.<\/p>\n

By attempting to save the devils, humans not only destroyed the island\u2019s little penguin population but also caused fearful geese to live in trees.<\/p>\n

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\n Little penguins, or Eudyptula minor, the smallest species of penguin in the world. <\/p>\n

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\n A Tasmanian devil undergoes a health inspection at a quarantine facility on Maria Island. <\/p>\n

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