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... toes , digit one being missing . The second and third toes are joined together and scientists call this syndactylism which in Greek means ' fused foot ' . Although this is a handicap to a climbing and hunting animal , it makes little ...
... toes , digit one being missing . The second and third toes are joined together and scientists call this syndactylism which in Greek means ' fused foot ' . Although this is a handicap to a climbing and hunting animal , it makes little ...
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... toes , there is only one large toe and this also gives an impression of a hoof . This animal is thought to be a vegetable feeder . Its feet did not seem to help it in running ; Gerard Krefft , an early scientist , described it as ...
... toes , there is only one large toe and this also gives an impression of a hoof . This animal is thought to be a vegetable feeder . Its feet did not seem to help it in running ; Gerard Krefft , an early scientist , described it as ...
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... toes have small spikes to help grip slippery victims , and in addition one of the front toes can be moved backwards in the fashion of owls and parrots to allow a firmer grip . One marvellous day a startled osprey even dropped a nice ...
... toes have small spikes to help grip slippery victims , and in addition one of the front toes can be moved backwards in the fashion of owls and parrots to allow a firmer grip . One marvellous day a startled osprey even dropped a nice ...
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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