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Tasmania, that idyllic 67,000-square-kilometer island off the Australian coast, is home to a population of less than half a million. That, of course, isn’t counting the Tasmanian devils. The diminutive marsupials indigenous to the island are cute as the dickens: They also have jaws that can snap bone, are known for their screeching caterwaul, and feed on almost anything, including carrion. In short, their behavior suggests that the grunting, furry dervish depicted in Warner Bros. cartoons is more or less on the mark. Their antics are captured on film in