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Cockatoos by Matt Cameron
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Using illustrations, this book looks at the ecology and conservation of these birds, including their evolution, distribution, movements, feeding and reproduction. It examines the illegal trade in cockatoos, the role of aviculturists, and the attempts to ensure the recovery of many species through approp ...Show more
FLYING FOXES FRUIT AND BLOSSOM BATS OF AUSTRALIA by HALL LES
Category: Animals | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Flying Foxes is an illustrated guide dedicated to Australia's thriteen species of Megachiroptera. These 'mega' bats do not comply with standard bat stereotypes: while they are nocturnal, they live in forests rather than caves, they navigate by sight rather than echolocation, and their long snouts and la ...Show more
Gliders of Australia: A Natural History by David Lindenmayer
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
The gliders, while rarely seen by most Australians, are an important group of marsupials whose long-term survival prospects are being threatened by land-clearing and the logging of old-growth forests. This work deals with all six species of Australian gliders.
Possums of Australia: The Brushtails, Ringtails and Greater Glider by Anne Kerle
Category: Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Possums are the most common arboreal mammal in Australia. - Understandably, many people find the doe-eyed and bushy-tailed critters to be very appealing: many feed them from their suburban balconies while others volunteer to care for injured or orphaned animals. In many parts of Australia, the wellbeing ...Show more
Sea Snakes by Harold Heatwole
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Sixty per cent of the world's sea snakes are in our territorial waters - here's where they are, what they eat and who eats them, how they dive, breathe, reproduce, and function in their varying habitats.
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