癌症初期，袋獾的面部生出肿瘤。
同时，因为肿瘤会干扰到袋獾的进食，所以生病的袋獾通常会变得非常衰弱，这个时候，雌性的成年袋獾就很容易丧失它们的幼仔。
Sick devils also become emaciated, because the tumors interfere with eating, and many mothers lose their young.
自从上个世纪90年代末，澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚岛的野生动物官员们就陆续接到一些不同寻常的报告，这些报告显示，一些被称之为“塔斯马尼亚恶魔”的有袋动物——袋獾的面部都出现了严重溃烂的伤口。
Starting in the late 1990s Tasmanian wildlife authorities began receiving unusual reports: Some of the island's Tasmanian devils were spied with their faces marred by ulcerated sores.
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