Potent poo pulls crowd- Lucifer gets a whiff of the record Tasmanian Devil poo. 64948

By Mara Pattison-Sowden
HEALESVILLE Sanctuary believes it has the poo-tential for a record length of Tasmanian Devil faeces.
The 42cm long poo has had children on their sides in fits of giggles, but has left keepers impressed.
Tasmanian Devil keeper Sarah Thompson said they had preserved the poo and it was being used in keeper talks for the Sanctuary’s Wipe for Wildlife campaign.
“We started a few weeks ago and the kids are loving it but the parents are divided,” she laughed.
“The kids laugh and squeal and we ask them to guess how long it is.”
Ms Thompson said they had been looking for records on the longest known devil poo.
“We thought it was impressive and good to have as a prop for Wipe for Wildlife,” she said.
The Wipe for Wildlife campaign focuses on encouraging people to use recycled toilet paper because in particular devils burrow under tree roots and habitat loss can make an impact on the endangered species, she said.
Ms Thompson said the faeces were actually an entire poo from one of the smaller Tasmanian devils used for breeding.
The carnivorous devils feed off a diet of wallaby, possum and rabbit.
“It’s not uncommon because they eat everything and the fur holds it all together,” she said.
“We don’t see something like this everyday.”