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319: Tasmanian Devil

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// 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. //

© Christian Weatherford, Ellen Weatherford Length 01:07:10 15 January 2026 Episode 319 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Nature , Talk , Animals Country: USA Type: Episodic

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© Christian Weatherford, Ellen Weatherford Length 01:07:10 15 January 2026 Episode 319 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Nature , Talk , Animals Country: USA Type: Episodic

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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 2026Links:

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