Chasing kangaroos
a continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature
1st American ed.
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Word Count
64,500 words, Guess
Page Count
258 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24751641M
- ISBN-139780802118523
- ISBN-100802118526
- OCLC Control Number76263533
- OCLC Control Numberchasingkangaroos00flan
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- Library of Congress Control Number2006052628
Classifications
- DDC599.2/22
- LCCQL737.M35 F56 2007
Description
Conservationist Flannery draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to craft a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique and beloved inhabitants: the kangaroo. Crisscrossing the continent, Flannery shows us how the destiny of this extraordinary creature is inseparable from the environment that created it. Along the way he uses encounters with ancient aboriginal cultures and eccentric fossil hunters, farmers and scientists, kangaroo advocates and kangaroo hunters, to explore how Australia's deserts and rainforests have shaped human responses to the continent--and how kangaroos have evolved to handle the resulting challenges. A synthesis of memoir, travel, natural history, and evolutionary science.--From publisher description.
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