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... Perching Birds 83 5 Reptiles 108 Turtles and Tortoises 109 Crocodiles 114 Lizards Snakes 6 Amphibians 7 Conservation Reading List Index 116 128 138 143 145 147 Acknowledgements In the writing of all natural history books an.
... Perching Birds 83 5 Reptiles 108 Turtles and Tortoises 109 Crocodiles 114 Lizards Snakes 6 Amphibians 7 Conservation Reading List Index 116 128 138 143 145 147 Acknowledgements In the writing of all natural history books an.
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... crocodiles . Crabs would also seem to be an important article of food , just as they are with the much larger crocodiles . Snakes Here is an order of reptiles which has fascinated man since earliest times . The Garden of Eden had its ...
... crocodiles . Crabs would also seem to be an important article of food , just as they are with the much larger crocodiles . Snakes Here is an order of reptiles which has fascinated man since earliest times . The Garden of Eden had its ...
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... crocodiles etc. need adequate conservation so they can be cropped continually . Above all it is often impossible to forecast promising directions science may take . Research stimulated by pure curiosity often pays dividends . Already ...
... crocodiles etc. need adequate conservation so they can be cropped continually . Above all it is often impossible to forecast promising directions science may take . Research stimulated by pure curiosity often pays dividends . Already ...
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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