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Likely
to be a much older habit than inspired by foxes. I don't know that Tasmanian
Devils (that formerly occurred on the mainland) climb trees, Quolls certainly
do. But either way, in trees is likely to be less hazardous for them. I was
going to add to David's roosting comment about them often nesting in trees, but
then they don't always do that, sometimes in a cave or near the ground.
Philip
Many years ago, at Double Creek at Mallacoota there was a
lyrebird nesting high in a eucalypt. It hopped up to the nest branch by
branch and glided to the ground when it left. We thought that perhaps
lyrebirds had developed that strategy over years as a defence against
predators like foxes.
Susan Robertson
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