In Little Devils, the animals learn that courage is needed in times o f danger, even if noisy Tasmanian devils can be hard to live with. Tasmanian devils are Australia's largest marsupial carnivores. They hu nt and kill prey but they also scavenge and eat carrion. Young Ta smanian devils are at first carried in a backward-facing pouch, and late r left in the den while their mother hunts. They become independent less than a year after they are born. About the Author: Rebecca Johnson is an award-winning primary school science teach er and has written more than 60 books for children.