We should start raising the devil.

[bcp]

Tasmanian devil milk fights superbugs - BBC News

Bruce

 

[jack707]

I thought this was about 666.

 

[Dftodd]

I thought you were referring to my middle son :laughing: Was gonna say, I already raised one of them :confused2:

 

[Citydude]

Let us know when you develop a milking machine Bruce!

 

[om21braz]

Believe I'll take my chances with the "superbugs" LOL

 

[Wagtail]

The problem is getting the females to hold still whilst milking. Plus you have to be careful not to knock a joey off a teat... they're really tiny at first, so hard to see/feel. Fortunately, the pouch faces 'backwards' so as long as she's occupied 'at the front' (a shank of wallaby does the trick) you should be OK.

In the wild, Tassie Devils are nocturnal but this has been reversed within the Devil Sanctuaries (trying to save them from a rampant, naturally occurring, mouth cancer) due to feeding routines.

Cute little buggers but LORD do they SCREAM!

 

[Wagtail]

Oh, and the article mentioned opossums, which are the North American marsupial. It's probably a misspelling as Australia has possums [no 'o'].

Opossum vs. Possum: What’s the Difference? - Writing Explained

Yes, I'm being pedantic. :laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Oh, and the article mentioned opossums, which are the North American marsupial. It's probably a misspelling as Australia has possums [no 'o'].

Opossum vs. Possum: What’s the Difference? - Writing Explained

Yes, I'm being pedantic. :laughing:

Only Yankees call possum's an opossum. which may sound strange to you because you may think of all of us Americans as Yankees. But we don't think that way. There was the "unpleasantness" with the North (the "darn" Yankees) that ended about 151 years ago. They won, but we all are still waiting on supply's and reinforcements.

I guess since you guys actually live in the southern hemisphere, maybe you all are the true southerners. But we just know we ain't Yankees...

 

[bcp]

Only Yankees call possum's an opossum.

Proof:



Bruce

 

[Redlands Okie]

. we all are still waiting on supply's and reinforcements.


LoL

 

[stuckmotor]

Possum up a simmon tree
Houn dog on thu groun
Houn dog said to thu possum
Throw some simmons down

I suspect that's from an old minstrel show.

 

[Jim Shooz]

I can just see it now.
Wagtail up at 4am down to the milking shed, send the dogs out to round them up from the far paddock. got to get them all through before the tanker arrives a about 9.30. :thumbsup:

 

[Wagtail]

Can you imagine the cacophony trying to milk a mob of Devils at any time of the day or night!?

Tasmanian devil growls - YouTube

They're called Devils 'cause when the settlers (and convicts) first came here, the 'screams' at night scared the crap out of them... and when they finally saw one, by campfire light, the Devils red ears looked like horns. ath: