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. < p>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.