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... creature and only when a fight takes place does the unearthly mixture of snorts , hisses and growls attract attention . Captive animals in zoos are well known for this form of display . Also captive animals show a great deal of daytime ...
... creature and only when a fight takes place does the unearthly mixture of snorts , hisses and growls attract attention . Captive animals in zoos are well known for this form of display . Also captive animals show a great deal of daytime ...
Page 51
... creature and much more slim and appealing than the bulkier sea lion . In the water , seals appear black though when the fur dries they are grey or yellow- brown . The general pattern of behaviour seems to be as follows . The breeding ...
... creature and much more slim and appealing than the bulkier sea lion . In the water , seals appear black though when the fur dries they are grey or yellow- brown . The general pattern of behaviour seems to be as follows . The breeding ...
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... creature with two rows of soft black spines running down the tail . The spines are quite soft but can exude a black substance . I have seen the same exudation with a desert Elder's gecko and possibly the liquid is distasteful to enemies ...
... creature with two rows of soft black spines running down the tail . The spines are quite soft but can exude a black substance . I have seen the same exudation with a desert Elder's gecko and possibly the liquid is distasteful to enemies ...
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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