Cancer forces Tasmanian devils to breed earlier

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In this April 10 2006 file photo a Tasmanian devil growls at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Faced with an epidemic of cancer that cuts their lives short Tasmanian devils have begun breeding at younger ages according to researchers at the University o ...
In this April 10, 2006 file photo, a Tasmanian devil growls at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Faced with an epidemic of cancer that cuts their lives short, Tasmanian devils have begun breeding at younger ages, according to researchers at the University of Tasmania in Australia. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

(AP) -- The little devils just can't wait. Faced with an epidemic of cancer that cuts their lives short, Tasmanian devils have begun breeding at younger ages, according to researchers at the University of Tasmania in Australia.


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