Tasmanian devil arrives at La Zoo: Danny Zuko and Crush have fierce bites, bad dining table behavior
Zoo officials announced Tuesday that the Los Angeles Zoo has once again owned the Tasmanian devil for the first time in five years.
Two male devils, named Danny Zuko and Crush, were called earlier this month, according to the zoo press release. They are available for viewing at the Australian exhibition.
“La Zoo has a long history of caring for this species and we are pleased to have the opportunity to share them with our guests again,” Candace Sclimenti, a mammal curator at La Zoo, said in a press release. “Australia is home to many unique species, and wildlife plays a key role in Australian culture.”
Crush’s new home is at the animal exhibition in Australia.
(La Zoo)
According to the press release, the Devil was born in the New South Wales conservation organization, the Ark of Australia. The devil is only an indigenous person of Tasmania, the southern Australian continent. They are the top predators in Tasmania and have the strongest bite relative to body size compared to any other mammal.
Zoo officials said the Tasmanian devils were “full of roaring and harsh fanaticism, full of roaring and screaming” as they gathered around the corpse.
They are classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They are threatened by conflicts with humans, dogs and wild dogs, and a disease that affects only the devil’s facial tumor disease that only affects the species.
The arrival of the devil is the first time that endangered animals have been placed in zoos in five years.
(La Zoo)
