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Subject 1: Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Timecode In: 00:01:00. Timecode out: 00:06:47. Notes: Time of Day: 1900. Subject 2: Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Timecode In: 00:08:03. Timecode out: 00:14:07. Notes: Time of Day: 1910. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Tasmanian night ambi. Timecode In: 00:48:37. Timecode out: 00:51:04. Subject 4: (Interview). Subtitle: Carolyn Hamilton, John Hamilton. Timecode In: 00:55:32. Timecode out: 02:05:25. Notes: Tasmanian Devil. Habitat: ; ; ; ; Equipment Notes: Stereo=2: 1=L, 2=R; Decoded MS stereo; Sennheiser mics. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS TASMANIAN DEVILS DAT 2 2/25/1998 7 pm JH = John Hamilton DD = David Doubilet CH = Carolyn Hamilton Tas Devil Park Feeding five females 0:54 shuffling, sniffing, moving around preparing to feed 1:21 devils coming to .be fed, sniffing, snorting 2:05 good yelling 2:38 growling v good 4:00 crunching 5:44 growling, 5:53, 6:03-6:12 feeding males 7:31 walking, jh c'mon fellas, c'mon my friends*** 8:02 sniffing, snorting, jh come here, you know what this is don't you (off-mic), beating bucket 8:45 snarling alot of sniffing 10:08 snarl, growl, 10:21-10:4110:52 beating bucket, jh max, c'mon! *** 11:37 snarl 11:50-into bird? noise in background 12:09 beating bucket, max, c'mon here, c'mon*** bird noise again 12:40 fierce snarling to 13:15 --jh need to get some good screams, not all that common 15:36 jh if you look right in the face of a tas devil i think the most noticeable thing is this wonderfully wet almost patent leather nose ... and their faces are like enormous lab rats ... 16:08 dd the sun is going down and the last little bit of light is shining through one of the tas devils ears she's perched on top of the logs ... so here's a black animal with red ears a patent leather nose .long whiskers ... there's abs nothing endearing about this animal but its fascinating 17:35 jh Hello ladies, g'day ** 17:53 dd they smell and touch each other, look down each other's throats ...and there is a particular heavy pungent smell to them as if the animal itself is wearing a constantly wet fur coat sleeps in it, lives in it , and never takes it off ... ** 18:48 dd when they walk they have a peculiar gait, their short legs push their front legs ...waddle, hop, wobble --dd why the scars? 19:42 jh its the way of the tas devil, esp the males, their terr aggressive to one another, it is typical of many male carnivores ...both observed that the tas devil appears to heal more quickly than we would expect ... rare that bite becomes infected... (Interesting) 21:35 dd its night now we're driving down the road a curving winding road to a place called pirates bay, one side is the ocean, the other is the bay... 22:08 dd on a very dark night ...we're driving to a place called Pirate's Bay, our headlights form pools in the front of the car...we tend to outrun 24:00 dd tasmanian night is full of movement and light 24:37 dd what keeps this place clean is the tas devils describing road 26:06 dd its night now and we're driving to a place called pirate's point, the twin headlights ... 26:42 and the road plunging through this night is like an arena of death ... 27:24 but they too can become victims of the light of oncoming cars 27:29 dd strangely enough b/c of the roadkills the pop of tas devils is increasing... 28:24 dd strangely enough there are more tas devils now than when europeans touched these shores ... animal of the edge ... 29:27 dd for an animal to cross here is a life risk for the tas devils this road is a dining table l 30:45 possum right there l see there 30:50 dd its night and a possum with a thick brushy tail ... i can see his pink ears and he leaps from branch to branch and now he's disappeared... ** ... (Notes truncated)
Additional species
- Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii
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- SONY TCD-D10
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 21 Apr 2005 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 21 Apr 2005 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 21 Apr 2005 - Ben Brotman