The results of the first investigative survey revealed that tens of thousands of Tasmanian devils had died from a disease now known as devil Facial Tumor disease.

一些最初的调查结果显示，有数万只的袋獾因为感染上了一种名为“袋獾面部肿瘤”(Devil Facial Tumor Disease)的疾病而死亡。

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First discovered in 1996, the cancer has spread swiftly through the Tasmanian devil population, killing more than 70% of the island's animals.

最早于1996年发现的这种癌症在塔斯马尼亚恶魔中迅速传播，已有70%的岛上动物死于这种疾病。

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Shelob's shriek is actually the sound of a Tasmanian devil.

大蜘蛛尸罗的叫声实际上是袋獾的叫声。

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For example, in a few minutes, and without even leaving Wikipedia, you can travel from the Tasmanian Devil to Tasmanian devils to Tasmanian tigers to thylacines to convergent evolution.

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Culling does not effectively control the contagious cancer threatening the Tasmanian devil, a new study suggests.

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In fact, it's almost never an infectious disease, but the Tasmanian devil shows it can be an infectious disease.

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