Little devils

The cute factor wears off a bit when you look at their tiny claws, but Tasmanian devil joeys, born in Australia, are really cute.

Here is a photo gallery from WCBS Newradio 880.

Then they grow up into this.

From Wikipedia:

It is characterized by its black fur, pungent odor when stressed, extremely loud and disturbing screech, and ferocity when feeding. It is known to both hunt prey and scavenge carrion and although it is usually solitary, it sometimes eats with other devils.

Who doesn't — sometimes?

Tasmanian devils are now considered endangered — since May 2009 — because of a parasitic cancer.

And of course, most of us first learned about Tasmanian devils from Bugs Bunny and the cartoonists at Warner Bros.

Here's Bedevilled Rabbit (1957).

Happy B'day, Bugs

On this date in 1940, Bugs Bunny made his first appearance, as the creature we know and love, in Tex Avery's "A Wild Hare."

True, there had been other rabbits in Merrie Melodies cartoons before, but "A Wild Hare" is considered to be the 'toon where Bugs comes into his final cheeky form.

Here — via the miracle that is YouTube — is "A Wild Hare."