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... young by mammae . When Australia was isolated by the sea barriers , some 60,000,000 years ago , mammals had already ... young are hatched from eggs , an obvious link with the reptiles . In the marsupials the young are born alive but in ...
... young by mammae . When Australia was isolated by the sea barriers , some 60,000,000 years ago , mammals had already ... young are hatched from eggs , an obvious link with the reptiles . In the marsupials the young are born alive but in ...
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... young at foot , according to work done by Dr H. J. Frith and Professor G. B. Sharman . However , with the coming of the dry , the failure of the milk supply would cause the pouch young to die and the population to be kept under control ...
... young at foot , according to work done by Dr H. J. Frith and Professor G. B. Sharman . However , with the coming of the dry , the failure of the milk supply would cause the pouch young to die and the population to be kept under control ...
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... young are among the most repulsive of chicks . Yet they are tough and as soon as they are able to shuffle along , take to their heels at the sight of any intruder , grouping into large ' crèches ' which tumble along much like a moving ...
... young are among the most repulsive of chicks . Yet they are tough and as soon as they are able to shuffle along , take to their heels at the sight of any intruder , grouping into large ' crèches ' which tumble along much like a moving ...
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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