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Page 58
... chicks ' adopt ' a human and follow at heel . The youngsters follow the father for about eighteen months which means ... chick since the foot of chick and adult is much the same size . With emus this is not true so the adults must be ...
... chicks ' adopt ' a human and follow at heel . The youngsters follow the father for about eighteen months which means ... chick since the foot of chick and adult is much the same size . With emus this is not true so the adults must be ...
Page 62
... chicks and adults were all used . Now only the chicks are taken and that in a short season of six weeks during March and April . Briefly the pattern of life of the Tasmanian muttonbird is as follows . In springtime the millions of birds ...
... chicks and adults were all used . Now only the chicks are taken and that in a short season of six weeks during March and April . Briefly the pattern of life of the Tasmanian muttonbird is as follows . In springtime the millions of birds ...
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... chicks when they hatch . Food is variable and besides seeds and berries many insects are eaten . Lizards are also swallowed . One bird was recorded as gulping down a prickly mountain devil lizard . Mr Max Downes , who was Superintendent ...
... chicks when they hatch . Food is variable and besides seeds and berries many insects are eaten . Lizards are also swallowed . One bird was recorded as gulping down a prickly mountain devil lizard . Mr Max Downes , who was Superintendent ...
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Aborigines animals areas baby bandicoots Bass Strait bats beak best known birds blue body breeding brown burrows called captivity chicks coast colour common name creature crocodiles crow David Fleay dingo dolphins dragon eaten echidna egg-laying eggs feathers feed feet female freshwater frogs geckoes giant glider goannas grass grey ground hatch head hollow honey-eaters huge hunting inches insects islands joey kangaroo killed kinds koala land legless lizards legs live lyrebirds magpie male mammals marsupials miles mother move native naturalist nest noisy scrub-bird normal northern numbat pattern perhaps plants platypus poisonous possum pouch prey python Queensland rats reptiles ring-tail rock scientists scrub-bird seals Silver-eyes skin skinks smaller snake South Australia South Wales southern species swallowed tadpoles tail Tasmania Tasmanian tiger teeth tiger toes tortoises tree turtle victim Victoria wallabies Western Australia whale wings wombats young youngsters