This photo is from Tasmanian Devil Pictures
Photo: Sleeping Tasmanian devil

Sleeping Tasmanian Devil

Photograph by Kathy Atkinson/OSF

Tasmanian devils are usually nocturnal animals, sleeping in burrows or hollow logs during the day and emerging at night to feed. Occasionally individuals such as this snoozing specimen in Tasmania will break the pattern and come out in daylight to bask in the sunshine.