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... giant marsupials , huge wombat - like creatures , the giant kangaroo and the marsupial lion . Perhaps these were the actual animals of the aboriginal ' dreamtime ' who came to Australia at least 20,000 years ago and found it to be a ...
... giant marsupials , huge wombat - like creatures , the giant kangaroo and the marsupial lion . Perhaps these were the actual animals of the aboriginal ' dreamtime ' who came to Australia at least 20,000 years ago and found it to be a ...
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... giants of the marsupial world and truly symbols of our unique wildlife . A giant roo may when standing reach a height of seven feet and this backed with a bulk of two hundred pounds makes it a formidable opponent . The classical ...
... giants of the marsupial world and truly symbols of our unique wildlife . A giant roo may when standing reach a height of seven feet and this backed with a bulk of two hundred pounds makes it a formidable opponent . The classical ...
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... Giant squid are the major item of diet . Though no man has ever seen this battle of the titans deep beneath the surface of the oceans , in the stomach of sperm whales have been found giant arms of squid , relics of a feast in the ocean ...
... Giant squid are the major item of diet . Though no man has ever seen this battle of the titans deep beneath the surface of the oceans , in the stomach of sperm whales have been found giant arms of squid , relics of a feast in the ocean ...
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