000320206 000__ 03262cam\a22004214a\4500 000320206 001__ 320206 000320206 005__ 20210513115549.0 000320206 008__ 061108r20072004nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000320206 010__ $$a 2006052628 000320206 020__ $$a9780802118523 000320206 020__ $$a0802118526 000320206 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm76263533 000320206 035__ $$a320206 000320206 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dJED$$dMLY$$dYDXCP$$dVP@$$dBUR$$dNOR 000320206 043__ $$au-at--- 000320206 049__ $$aISEA 000320206 05000 $$aQL737.M35$$bF56 2007 000320206 08200 $$a599.2/22$$222 000320206 1001_ $$aFlannery, Tim F.$$q(Tim Fridtjof),$$d1956- 000320206 24010 $$aCountry 000320206 24510 $$aChasing kangaroos :$$ba continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature /$$cTim Flannery. 000320206 250__ $$a1st American ed. 000320206 260__ $$aNew York :$$bGrove Press,$$c[2007]. 000320206 300__ $$a258 p. :$$bill. (some col.), maps ;$$c24 cm. 000320206 500__ $$aOriginally published: Country : a continent, a scientist & a kangaroo. Melbourne : Text Pub., 2004. 000320206 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-255) and index. 000320206 50500 $$tMap --$$tIntroduction : Vanished country --$$g1. A$$tfailed circumnavigation --$$g2.$$tCaptain Cook's kangaroo --$$g3.$$tQuokkas, Euros and stinkers --$$g4. The$$tlast of the frontier --$$g5.$$tOf nailtails and nailed tyres --$$g6.$$tKangaroo essence --$$g7.$$tDead-end in the Inland Sea --$$g8. The$$tmystery of hopping --$$g9. The$$tbrightest place on Earth --$$g10. The$$toldest kangaroo --$$g11.$$tSkeletons in the dead centre --$$g12.$$tWhere the great roos came from --$$g13. The$$tage of kangaroos --$$g14.$$tAdvancing with feet or stomach? --$$g15.$$tGrass for the kangaroos --$$g16.$$tNot formed for such work --$$g17.$$tLand of giants --$$g18.$$tIs the answer 46? --$$g19.$$tWorld conquest --$$g20. A$$tdingo-driven revolution --$$g21. The$$tage of mammals in Australia --$$g22. The$$tGroote Eylandt --$$g23. The$$ttrue experts --$$g24.$$tSymbols of the New Land --$$g25.$$tOolacunta! --$$g26.$$tRe-making country --$$tPostscript --$$tFamily tree --$$tAcknowledgments --$$tGeneral bibliography --$$tIndex. 000320206 520__ $$aConservationist 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. 000320206 60010 $$aFlannery, Tim F.$$q(Tim Fridtjof),$$d1956- 000320206 650_0 $$aKangaroos$$xEvolution. 000320206 650_0 $$aMacropodidae$$zAustralia. 000320206 650_0 $$aExtinct animals$$zAustralia. 000320206 650_0 $$aExtinction (Biology)$$zAustralia. 000320206 650_0 $$aNatural history$$zAustralia. 000320206 650_0 $$aHuman ecology$$zAustralia. 000320206 651_0 $$aAustralia$$xDescription and travel. 000320206 85200 $$bgen$$hQL737.M35$$iF56$$i2007 000320206 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2006052628-d.html 000320206 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:320206$$pGLOBAL_SET 000320206 980__ $$aBIB 000320206 980__ $$aBOOK 000320206 994__ $$aC0$$bISE