Due to Mites, the Slow-Moving and Square-Faced Australian Brushtail Possum Faces Extinction

According to the Daily Mail on February 6th, Tasmanian devils on Tasmania Island are facing the danger of extinction. A terrifying 'scabies' is causing infected animals to injure themselves, becoming blind or deaf, and dying,Tasmanian devils are primarily distributed in Australia,Currently, local animal protection groups 'Devilfighters' warn that a terrifying disease is threatening the Tasmanian devils. These animal conservationists say that these cute devils are being plagued by a disease called 'scabies,' devils are severely afflicted by scabies, and they will even injure themselves and die,Tasmanian devils afflicted with mites,Devilfighters' founder John Harris called on the Department of Industry, Parks, Water and Environment to join the protection, ensuring the number of devils,He claims that if no measures are taken quickly, these animals will face extinction,As a contagious disease, mites will slowly consume the devils in 2-7 months, and the devils will injure themselves, ultimately dying from infection of open wounds, usually in this process, they will also lose sight or hearing,Assessments were conducted on Tasmanian devils in Cradle Mountain, as people were concerned that not enough measures were taken to save them,Scabies is a skin infection that causes severe scratching, hair loss, weight loss, and, in the worst case, death,Tasmanian devils afflicted with mites,Mr. Harris said: 'If we don't take action, we will not only lose this species, but we will also lose a tourist destination with devils,' He added that the number of devils carrying scabies has reached 5, and they don't want to see them die so tragically,'We are losing an icon of Australia – the devil, and disease, accidents and government-approved killing are threatening this cute bag animal,' Harris met with the local environmental department next week to propose a plan to help manage the devils,A female spokesperson for the local environmental department said, 'They will cooperate with volunteers to promote the assessment and treatment of these animals, and they will meet with environmentalists next week to discuss plans for monitoring and managing scabies-affected devils in Cradle Mountain,' Devils, stout in shape like bears, with small eyes, a mouse-like face, weighing up to 35 kilograms and about 1 meter in length, with a short tail, shorter and thicker than tree kangaroos, living in burrows, and adept at digging holes. They are primarily distributed in the eastern, southern and Tasmania Island of Australia,And their most distinctive feature is square-shaped feces. Experts say that devils are broad-chested and relaxed, and whatever they do, they move slowly. Therefore, they not only look slow on the surface, but their metabolic rate is also very slow, and it takes a full 14 days to digest food in their belly, so their feces are so different,Devil feces

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