Episode 319
319: Tasmanian Devil
Ellen gives the Tasmanian devil his due.
Just the Zoo of Us · Christian Weatherford, Ellen Weatherford
January 15, 20261h 7m
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Show Notes
Ellen gives the Tasmanian devil his due. We discuss mythbusters, cranial real estate, the masculine urge to bite your fingers off, which came first: the chicken or the egg, dump stats, contagious cancer, and so much more.
Works Cited:
- "Too hot for the devil? Did climate change cause the mid-Holocene extinction of the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii from mainland Australia?" - Shane D. Morris et al., Ecography, Dec 2021
- "Holocene Demographic Changes and the Emergence of Complex Societies in Prehistoric Australia" - Alan N. Williams et al., PLOS One, June 2015
- "Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa" - Stephen Wroe, Colin McHenry & Jeffrey Thomason, Proc Biol Sci, March 2005
- "Saving our darling devils", Esme Mathis, Australian Geographic, January 2026
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