Chasing kangaroos: a continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature
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In his most personal book yet, Tim Flannery, the internationally acclaimed author of The Weather Makers, 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 rain forests have shaped human responses to the continent--and how kangaroos have evolved to handle the resulting challenges. Ultimately, Chasing Kangaroos is a captivating blend of memoir, travel, natural history, and evolutionary science.
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Subjects
Australia -- Description and travel
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Description and travel
Electronic books
Evolution
Extinct animals
Extinct animals -- Australia
Extinction (Biology)
Extinction (Biology) -- Australia
Flannery, Tim F
Flannery, Tim F. -- (Tim Fridtjof), -- 1956-
Human ecology
Human ecology -- Australia
Kangaroos
Kangaroos -- Evolution
Macropodidae
Macropodidae -- Australia
Natural history
Natural history -- Australia
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Description and travel
Electronic books
Evolution
Extinct animals
Extinct animals -- Australia
Extinction (Biology)
Extinction (Biology) -- Australia
Flannery, Tim F
Flannery, Tim F. -- (Tim Fridtjof), -- 1956-
Human ecology
Human ecology -- Australia
Kangaroos
Kangaroos -- Evolution
Macropodidae
Macropodidae -- Australia
Natural history
Natural history -- Australia
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals
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9780802143716
9781555848217
9781555848217
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title_display | Chasing kangaroos : a continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature |
title_full | Chasing kangaroos : a continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature / Tim Flannery, Chasing kangaroos : a continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature [electronic resource] / Tim Flannery |
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title_sub | a continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature |
topic_facet | Description and travel, Electronic books, Evolution, Extinct animals, Extinction (Biology), Flannery, Tim F, Human ecology, Kangaroos, Macropodidae, Natural history |