Baby Tasmanian Devil
These carnivorous Tasmanian devils are marsupials that once upon a time roamed freely in Australia’s mainland, but today can only be located in Tasmania’s wilderness. Truly, their restricted numbers have been relocated to New South Whales. These muscular and stout creatures have dark coats and smell quite bad. Other than its rather monstrous appearance, its terrifying howls contributed to its fearsome name. Tasmanian devils hunt using their keen noses that they put to great use locating their prey.
Baby Tasmanian Devil
Baby Muskox
This exhausted-looking hoofed Arctic mammal is called a muskox, thanks to the males’ pungent odorousness that begins during mating season. Its heavy coat also contributed to its naming. In Inuktitut, the muskox is known as “umingmak” which translates to “bearded one”. This is a slightly more flattering name than “mâthi-mostos”, or “mâthi-môs,” which are the Woods Cree names for the muskox, translating respectively to “ugly bison” and “ugly moose”. Maybe this baby muskox is sad because he found out what humans call him?
Baby Muskox
