A woman received the fright of her life when when she found a Tasmanian Devil underneath her sofa - initially mistaking the animal for a dog toy.
Kirsten Lynch, from Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania, thought she was looking at her Golden Retriever's toy of a Tasmanian Devil when she realised it was the world's largest carnivorous marsupial.
She made the discovery at around 10pm on December 28 when her puppy named Gecko let out a 'strange bark' in the direction of the Tasmanian devil.