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Tasmanian devil vs. superbug

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Maximiliane Koschyk
October 18, 2016

You may only know the Tasmanian devil as a cartoon character - the one that's out to get the bird. But Australian scientists say the real thing may carry a deadly weapon against dangerous superbugs.

As its name suggests, the Tasmanian devil hails from the Australian island state of Tasmania. The mammal is the size of a small dog, but has a larger head with one of the strongest bites of any land mammal living today. The Tasmanian devil hunts prey and scavenges carrion. It can run 13 kilometers per hour, climb trees, swim - and as it now turns out, fight superbugs with mother's milk.

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