Other Animal Disease -- Australia
Tasmanian devils have a reputation as a fearsome animal - most of the time this is undeserved. When it comes to the mating season, however, it's a fair judgement. Between February and April, mating can be incredibly aggressive, with male and female devils prone to biting one another both during and after the act.
That could be deadly for the devils, according to new research published online in the journal Behavioral Ecology. Unfortunately, biting drives the spread of devil facial tumour
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6462070&promed&0
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