Tüpfelbeutelmarder. Verhalten gegenüber lebender und toter Beute (Mäuse, Küken u. a.) Die Beute wird zunächst mit beiden Vorderpfoten ergriffen, beschnüffelt und anschließend durch Bisse in den Kopf getötet. Mit den Zähnen reißt und schneidet er Brocken heraus; Bewegung im Geäst.

The film shows an adult male Eastern Native Cat or Quoll (Dasyurus quoll) in an outdoor enclosure and documents its behaviour when confronted with living or dead prey. As the animal is sniffing thoroughly at the living prey too, some of them get off. Locusts and mice are always grasped by its teeth first before the animal seizes them with one of the anterior paws. The prey is killed by several bites into the head. When the Eastern Native Cat eats its prey, it usually sits down and holds the prey fast with one or both anterior paws. Smaller pieces are torn out or bitten off by its teeth. While two locusts and one mouse are eaten completely, remains of the chicken are left behind. As Dasyurus quoll is active at night, its eyes react preferably at moving objects and its sense of smell is very well evolved. Its usual gait is cross-walk. The animal moves not very skillfully on the branches of a climbing tree.