While the Looney Tunes character snarls like a maniac, the actual Tasmanian devil is a timid, carnivorous marsupial about the size of a Jack Russell terrier, though stockier, lower to the ground ...

Those who grew up with a daily dose of Warner Bros.' "Looney Tunes" character Taz might be surprised to find that the real Tasmanian devil is not all that cantankerous and is in fact strangely ...

The only thing the Tasmanian devil has in common with its Looney Tunes cartoon character is its temperament. When threatened, these marsupials will growl, lunge and scream like you've never heard ...

The Looney Tunes cartoon character didn’t originate until the 1954 episode Devil May Hare, in which Bugs Bunny dispatches the Tasmanian devil by, naturally, setting him up with a female. (Watch ...

Flesh-and-blood devils bear little resemblance to Taz, the spasmodic Looney Tunes cartoon character. The size of small dogs, they look like a cross between black bears and weasels.

The only thing the Tasmanian devil has in common with its Looney Tunes cartoon character is its temperament. When threatened, these marsupials will growl, lunge and scream like you've never heard ...