Animals of Australasia

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Australia, New Zealand, New-Guinea, Tasmania and the Pacific Islands are all part of Australasia, the home of a unique wildlife population. A rare insight into the life of the unusual animals of this region is provided by this book's enjoyable and informative text, complemented by the many beautiful colour photographs.
Australia is always associated with the kangaroo, of which there are over 90 species, and with the koala bear which feeds exclusively on the leaves and branchés of the eucalyptus, the dingo, Australia's wild dog and the kookaburra or laughing jackass which has a strange cry like the sound of human laughter. There is the kiwi, the strange flightless bird which is the national emblem of New Zealand, the platypus or duckbill and spiny anteater, the two most primitive animals alive in the world today. Then there are the beautiful birds of the parrot family with their highly coloured plumage, the parakeets, rosellas,... Tovább

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Australia, New Zealand, New-Guinea, Tasmania and the Pacific Islands are all part of Australasia, the home of a unique wildlife population. A rare insight into the life of the unusual animals of this region is provided by this book's enjoyable and informative text, complemented by the many beautiful colour photographs.
Australia is always associated with the kangaroo, of which there are over 90 species, and with the koala bear which feeds exclusively on the leaves and branchés of the eucalyptus, the dingo, Australia's wild dog and the kookaburra or laughing jackass which has a strange cry like the sound of human laughter. There is the kiwi, the strange flightless bird which is the national emblem of New Zealand, the platypus or duckbill and spiny anteater, the two most primitive animals alive in the world today. Then there are the beautiful birds of the parrot family with their highly coloured plumage, the parakeets, rosellas, lorikeets and budgerigars, the colourful and diversified chameleons found on the island of Madagascar and the iguanas of the Galapagos Islands which look like creatures from another age. The story of all these and many more fascinating animals can be found in the pages of this lavish book.
Front cover: the young koala is very-dependent on its mother for some time after it leaves the pouch (/. P. Ferrero/Ardea, London). Back cover: the sulphur-crested cockatoo (G. Chapman!Ardea, London). Vissza