Teen Sex May Save Tassie Devils
Recently I wrote about the plight of the Tasmanian Devil and it's listing as an endangered species. Scientists have recently observed that the Tasmanian Devil is maturing much more quickly than usual and devils as young as one are bearing young in an attempt to save themselves. It's incredible to think that a survival instinct has occurred so quickly to allow that to happen.
Adolescent pregnancies are now rife in the population as the marsupials fight back against the deadly facial tumour that threatens their survival.
Unfortunately, scientists don't think it's enough to help the endangered devils beat the catastrophic cancer. The grotesque facial tumours grow on the face and mouth, stopping the devils from eating and leaving them to starve to death. The cancer has more than halved the wild devil population since it emerged in 1996, with experts warning the species could be extinct by 2020.
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