Paradise Country: Tasmanian devils arrive on the Gold Coast

Meet Mawpaw - she and her mate Magra are already threatening to raise hell at their new Gold Coast home. Here’s where you can meet them.

TASMANIAN devil Mawpaw looks cute posing for this photo, but the latest star of a Gold Coast park is threatening to raise hell. 

She and mate Magra have just arrived at Village Roadshow’s Paradise Country at Oxenford, where they will be ambassadors for the park’s Save A Mate Program.

The program raises awareness and money for conservation efforts.

Mawpaw. Photo: Supplied

Magra. Photo: Supplied

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Paradise Country curator of wildlife Deane Jones said the devils had settled in well to their new home at the park’s Tasmanian Trek habitat in the wildlife walkthrough.

“Mawpaw and Magra (a male) are very devilish and curious and we are looking forward to watching their personalities come to life,” he said.

“The Tasmanian Trek Habitat is our wildlife walkthrough and provides guests an opportunity to experience these misunderstood animals as they forage through their outside terrain as well as in the nocturnal den environment.”

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Where the Tasmanian Devils will be living at Paradise Country. Photo: Supplied

The furry critters have come from a wildlife reserve in Tasmania.

“We are incredibly excited to welcome the Tasmanian devils to Paradise Country and we can’t wait for our guests to come face-to-face with the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world.”

The arrival of the Tasmanian devils has followed a troop of the world’s smallest monkey, the Marmoset. Tasmanian devils can weigh up to 10kg. They eat meat, fish, snakes, birds and insects.