Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature

Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature
ISBN-10
0802118526
ISBN-13
9780802118523
Category
Nature
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
2007
Author
Tim Fridtjof Flannery

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 destinyo

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