Another entry in Old Scratch's Halloween Spectaculare!
Did you know …
That devils are real? Tasmanian devils, that is!
About the size of a small dog, Tasmanian devils are predatory marsupials native to the Australian island of Tasmania (naturally). As you might expect from the familiar tales of devils and demons, Tasmanian devils spend most of their time foraging, hoarding souls, and convincing otherwise good people to commit acts of unspeakable evil.
Fortunately, Tasmanian devils are currently endangered, thanks in large part to hunting, habitat destruction and an epidemic of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease. This debilitating disease is thought by many to be spread by the transmission of cancer cells (as opposed to viruses or bacteria) between individual devils. It seems much more likely to me, however, that the actual infectious agents are even smaller devils, parasitizing their larger cousins. Think about it!
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