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... eggs , each about three quarters of an inch in length . Two eggs would be about 1/6000 of the body weight of the mother . From these eggs , after an incubation period of between one and two weeks , come youngsters about an inch long ...
... eggs , each about three quarters of an inch in length . Two eggs would be about 1/6000 of the body weight of the mother . From these eggs , after an incubation period of between one and two weeks , come youngsters about an inch long ...
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... eggs . ' The platypus is certainly one of the most extraordinary animals to be found in Australia . The scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus is only saying in Greek that here is a creature with a bill like a duck . The bill , soft ...
... eggs . ' The platypus is certainly one of the most extraordinary animals to be found in Australia . The scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus is only saying in Greek that here is a creature with a bill like a duck . The bill , soft ...
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... eggs laid in freshwater pools . To take a couple of examples from the text of Professor Main , we have the banjo frog calling in winter while floating on temporary or per- manent water ; the shoemaker frog calling in summer while ...
... eggs laid in freshwater pools . To take a couple of examples from the text of Professor Main , we have the banjo frog calling in winter while floating on temporary or per- manent water ; the shoemaker frog calling in summer while ...
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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