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... naturalists . The first governor called it the ' spotted marten ' in tribute to its qualities . The tiger cat is an ... naturalist , gives a magnificent description of the hunting method of the mulgara on sighting a mouse : " The whole ...
... naturalists . The first governor called it the ' spotted marten ' in tribute to its qualities . The tiger cat is an ... naturalist , gives a magnificent description of the hunting method of the mulgara on sighting a mouse : " The whole ...
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... naturalists noticed smaller editions of all - black birds and most of us assumed these to be little crows out of place ... naturalist the problem is how to tell them apart and here Ian Rowley has given some pointers . First there is the ...
... naturalists noticed smaller editions of all - black birds and most of us assumed these to be little crows out of place ... naturalist the problem is how to tell them apart and here Ian Rowley has given some pointers . First there is the ...
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... naturalists described the calls as being largely mimicry but naturalist Norman Chaffer was the first to point out that this was probably purely accidental , similarity rather than copying , since the bird has such an extraordinary ...
... naturalists described the calls as being largely mimicry but naturalist Norman Chaffer was the first to point out that this was probably purely accidental , similarity rather than copying , since the bird has such an extraordinary ...
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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