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... feed on the mother's milk . At ten weeks the pouch becomes full to overflowing and after about five months the youngsters are big enough to leave milk for a more solid diet . Since the young are only half grown when the next breeding ...
... feed on the mother's milk . At ten weeks the pouch becomes full to overflowing and after about five months the youngsters are big enough to leave milk for a more solid diet . Since the young are only half grown when the next breeding ...
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... feed themselves . Bandicoots Here is a name which has passed into common usage . ' As miserable as a bandicoot ... feed . Small pits in the soil show where feeding bandicoots have dug out spiders , beetles or other insects and worms ...
... feed themselves . Bandicoots Here is a name which has passed into common usage . ' As miserable as a bandicoot ... feed . Small pits in the soil show where feeding bandicoots have dug out spiders , beetles or other insects and worms ...
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... feed the chicks , regurgitating fish caught earlier . The birds catch food , using the huge beak with its gular pouch in a similar manner to that of the whalebone whale . When a bird dips and finds nothing , the beak is withdrawn ...
... feed the chicks , regurgitating fish caught earlier . The birds catch food , using the huge beak with its gular pouch in a similar manner to that of the whalebone whale . When a bird dips and finds nothing , the beak is withdrawn ...
Common terms and phrases
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