Many of these creatures» names sound as if they've leapt from children's fables: the eastern barred bandicoot, the Tasmanian pademelon, the eastern quoll, the long - nosed potoroo, the eastern bettong. (discovermagazine.com)
A Tasmanian scientist has caught on camera a feral cat killing and eating a four - kilogram pademelon, providing the best direct evidence of feral cats killing mammals heavier than two kilograms. (abc.net.au)
The images showed an adult pademelon, similar to a small kangaroo, hop in front of the camera to graze before the cat pounced on its back and killed it by biting into its neck. (abc.net.au)