Although it is usually solitary, it sometimes eats with other devils and defecates in a communal location.
Look at that SOB. My instinct would be to speed up to get clear of 'em.
The Tasmanian devil is probably best known internationally as the inspiration for the Looney Tunes cartoon character the Tasmanian Devil, or "Taz" in 1954. Little known at the time, the loud hyperactive cartoon character has little in common with the real life animal.[200] After a few shorts between 1957 and 1964, the character was retired until the 1990s, when he gained his own show, Taz-Mania, and again became popular.[201]
In 1997, a newspaper report noted that Warner Bros. had "trademarked the character and registered the name Tasmanian Devil", and that this trademark "was policed", including an eight-year legal case to allow a Tasmanian company to call a fishing lure "Tasmanian Devil". Debate followed, and a delegation from the Tasmanian government met with Warner Bros.[202]
Ray Groom, the Tourism Minister, later announced that a "verbal agreement" had been reached. An annual fee would be paid to Warner Bros. in return for the Government of Tasmania being able to use the image of Taz for "marketing purposes". This agreement later disappeared.[203] In 2006, Warner Bros. permitted the Government of Tasmania to sell stuffed toys of Taz with profits funnelled into research on DFTD.[204]
There is a DC Comics superhero called Tasmanian Devil who is a member of the Global Guardians team.[205] Snarl, a character in the Transformers Beast Wars storyline, had the alternate form of a Tasmanian devil.[206] Tasmanian Kid from Beast Wars II could also transform into a Tasmanian devil.[207]
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