They generally eat other small mammals and reptiles, as well as scavenging on dead animals of all kinds. Tasmanian Devils, 4.09Mb QuickTime movie . Tasmanian Devils have some of the strongest jaws out of any animal, and usually eat the entirety of their prey. One time a family of Devils were found to have eaten a horse and left only the skull and tail. When feeding on roadkill, Devils generally eat everything including bones, fur and feet.
Devils live for about seven years in their natural habitat of dry bush and scrub land.
They were originally considered pests by farmers but are now appreciated for their ability in keeping down the numbers of crop-eaters such as mice. Tasmanian Devils feeding, 4.9Mb QuickTime movie . Tasmanian Devils eat dead animals. If you do not like to see dead animals being eaten, do NOT download this movie.