Thylacine, Tasmanian devil? That's going to hurt.

So first of all, what is a Tasmanian devil?

So this Tasmanian devil cancer is perhaps the ultimate cancer.

And the answer came from studying the Tasmanian devil cancer's DNA.

What could it be? Why couldn't it be a Tasmanian devil?

But the Tasmanian devil population has been undergoing a really extremely fast decline.

The Tasmanian devil got its name from the terrifying nocturnal scream that it makes.

But that is where the Tasmanian devil cancer has acquired an absolutely amazing evolutionary adaptation.

And then the Tasmanian devil is going to pop a thylacine out the south end.

Well the next breakthrough came from studying hundreds of Tasmanian devil cancers from all around Tasmania.

Scientists around the world were intrigued by this cancer, this infectious cancer, that was spreading through the Tasmanian devil population.

Scientists around the world were intrigued by this cancer, this infectious cancer, that was spreading through the Tasmanian devil population.

And just as the Tasmanian devil cancer is contagious through the spread of living cancer cells, so is this dog cancer.

In fact, growing up in Tasmania, it always was incredibly exciting when we got a chance to see a Tasmanian devil in the wild.

The story begins in 1996 when a wildlife photographer took this photograph here of a Tasmanian devil with a large tumor on its face.

In fact, growing up in Tasmania, it always was incredibly exciting when we got a chance to see a Tasmanian devil in the wild.

The story begins in 1996 when a wildlife photographer took this photograph here of a Tasmanian devil with a large tumor on its face.

In fact, in the area where she comes from, more than 90 percent of the Tasmanian devil population has already died of this disease.

That means that all of these cancers actually are the same cancer that arose once from one individual devil, that have broken free of that first devil's body and spread through the entire Tasmanian devil population.

That means that all of these cancers actually are the same cancer that arose once from one individual devil, that have broken free of that first devil's body and spread through the entire Tasmanian devil population.

The Tasmanian devil is predominantly a scavenger, and it uses its powerful jaws and its sharp teeth to chomp on the bones of rotting dead animals.

The Tasmanian devil ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the Australian island state of Tasmania.

The Tasmanian devil is predominantly a scavenger, and it uses its powerful jaws and its sharp teeth to chomp on the bones of rotting dead animals.

It is, shortly, going to think it's got the ugliest Tasmanian devil baby in the world, so maybe it'll need some help to keep it going.

In fact, more genetic profiling told us that this tumor in Jonas actually probably first arose from the cells of a female Tasmanian devil and Jonas was clearly a male.

In fact, more genetic profiling told us that this tumor in Jonas actually probably first arose from the cells of a female Tasmanian devil and Jonas was clearly a male.

Tasmanian devils are actually quite adorable little animals.

Devil!

The devil.

Poor devil.

Little devil!

You devil.

You devil.

That Tasmanian devil's not even going to know it gave birth.

What the devil!

What the devil?

I'm the devil.

What the devil?

What the devil?

What the devil?

The little devil!

After that devil?

He's a devil!

Where, you devil?

Burn the devil.