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A Dreadful Animal

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
December
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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A beast more íerocious, more fiendish or one less likely to bo tamed than the Tasmanian "devil" ís not to be tcmnd, says the New York Journal. "Devil" is the terse and appropriate name by which it is known in its habitat. The "devil" i's about the sizo of a large bulldog. lts head is about onethird the length of its body and is flat, broad and hideous. Its feet resemble those of the badger, with big claws, while lts tail sticks out stiffly. lts coat looks like wool rubbed the wrong way and the general appearanee of the beast is of a kind that makes avoidance appear the wi3est policy. The creaturo becomes a veritable fiend when disturbed ever so slightly. He attacks every. tliing before him, dead Or living, and in his mad rage nies at & mastiff or a door with equal ferocity. He always flghts to the finish, knowing neither truce nor quarter. ño long as there is a shred of flesh to tear or a bone to shatter he clings to his foe and, unmindful of the injury he may receive, he piles his powcrfu! jaws until his strength fails. A "devil" that was captured when quite young and kept solely as a curiosity never changed a bit when in captivity. He was surly and ferocious throughout and ultimately killed himself in a mad struggle with the bars of Sis cage. He has been known to rush at a solid stone wall in a paroxysm of fury, uttering growls and barks and beating the air the wille.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register