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Tasmanian devils, being mammals, are born via the birth canal.

The average number of Tasmanian Devil babies, or joeys, that a mother may be rearing at any one time is 2-3. A female Tasmanian devil actually may have several dozen tiny embryos in one birth - anywhere between 20 and 40 - but only four at most can latch onto a teat in the mother's pouch. The rest are lost as, once a joey is born, it must compete with the other joeys in the litter to determine which ones will enter into the backwards-opening pouch of the mother. Once they enter the pouch, they latch onto a nipple, staying there for around three months.

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