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... tree kangaroos in their mastery of the trees . Huge leaps to the ground are made , sometimes fifty feet or more being covered . The long tail presents something of a problem when moving on the ground . Coming down a tree trunk the ...
... tree kangaroos in their mastery of the trees . Huge leaps to the ground are made , sometimes fifty feet or more being covered . The long tail presents something of a problem when moving on the ground . Coming down a tree trunk the ...
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Vincent Serventy. tree trunks in search of insects or fly in noisy flocks from tree to tree . The bright patches on the wings may serve as ' flash indicator ' signals to keep flocks together or start them into quick movement should ...
Vincent Serventy. tree trunks in search of insects or fly in noisy flocks from tree to tree . The bright patches on the wings may serve as ' flash indicator ' signals to keep flocks together or start them into quick movement should ...
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... Tree creeper , 94 Tree fern , 6 , 7 Tree - frogs , 140-1 Tree goanna , 126–7 Tree kangaroo , 38 Tree runner , 94 Tree snake , 135 Tree sparrow , 98 Triller , 92 Troughton , E. , 38 Tuan , 25 Turnbull , W. , 3༠ Turtle frog , 137 , 141-2 ...
... Tree creeper , 94 Tree fern , 6 , 7 Tree - frogs , 140-1 Tree goanna , 126–7 Tree kangaroo , 38 Tree runner , 94 Tree snake , 135 Tree sparrow , 98 Triller , 92 Troughton , E. , 38 Tuan , 25 Turnbull , W. , 3༠ Turtle frog , 137 , 141-2 ...
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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