<P> In March 2017 it was reported that scientists have for the first time successfully treated Tasmanian devils suffering from the disease, by injecting live cancer cells into the infected devils to make their immune system recognise the disease and fight it off, in a breakthrough which is hoped to speed - up development of an effective vaccine that can be administered to devils in the wild . </P> <P> At Lake Nitchie in western New South Wales in 1970, a male human skeleton wearing a necklace of 178 teeth from 49 different devils was found . The skeleton is estimated to be 7000 years old, and the necklace is believed to be much older than the skeleton . Archeologist Josephine Flood believes the devil was hunted for its teeth and that this contributed to its extinction on mainland Australia . Owen and Pemberton note that few such necklaces have been found . Middens that contain devil bones are rare--two notable examples are Devil's Lair in the south - western part of Western Australia and Tower Hill in Victoria . </P> <P> In Tasmania, local Aborigines and devils sheltered in the same caves . Tasmanian Aboriginal names for the devil recorded by Europeans include "tarrabah", "poirinnah", and "par - loo - mer - rer". According to Fritz Noetling, the Secretary of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1910, there was no evidence that Tasmanian Aborigines ate any carnivorous animals . Owen and Pemberton feel this may have contributed to the devil's survival prior to European settlement . Convicts at the time when Hobart was being settled in made a meal of Tasmanian devils and it was claimed to be not unlike veal . </P> <P> It is a common belief that devils will eat humans . While they are known to eat the bodies of murder victims or people who have committed suicide, there are prevalent myths that they eat living humans who wander into the bush . Despite outdated beliefs and exaggerations regarding their disposition, many, although not all, devils will remain still when in the presence of a human; some will also shake nervously . They can bite and scratch out of fear when held by a human, but a firm grip will cause them to remain still . Although they can be tamed, they are asocial and are not considered appropriate as pets; they have an unpleasant odour and neither demonstrate nor respond to affection . </P>

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