BETTER THE DEVILYOU KNOW:An AGS-supported scientific team has begun an important new study to learn more about the places where Tasmanian devils reign as top carnivores - before it's too late

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As in all the best romances, our first encounter is a flirtation, as the object of our desire reveals itself little by little. It's just after sunrise on a cool and bright day, about 4km north of our expedition base at Arthur River, in north-western Tasmania. We're at our first stop, one of eight trap lines established by Dr Menna Jones and her University of Tasmania scientific team, and it seems that something has been caught in the large pvc cylinder. With a bit of a shake and a practised move, thecelebrity the AG Society volunteers have cometo see slides into a soft hessian sack. With graceful ease, Menna sits on the ground, and, sack nestled between her legs, uses her hands to calm the elongated shape trapped within it.