Download or read book The Great Tasmanian Tiger Hunt written by Michael Salmon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of Hobart was buzzing with excitement! Colonel Horsfield-Smythe, the famous big-game hunter, had come to catch the mysterious Tasmanian Tiger. No one knew if it still existed, but if it did, the Colonel would surely catch it. Or would he?
Download or read book The Great Tasmanian Tiger Hunt written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUMMARY:Colonial Horsfield-Smythe took three men on an expedition to capture a Tasmanian tiger, but, the tiger managed to outsmart them.
Download or read book Carnivorous Nights written by Margaret Mittelbach and published by Villard. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like a kangaroo and a jaw that opened impossibly wide to reveal terrifying choppers. Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it? Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast. From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill. They bond with trappers, bushwackers, and wildlife experts who refuse to abandon the tiger hunt, despite the paucity of evidence. Sifting through local myths, bar-room banter, and historical accounts, these environmental detectives sweep readers into a world where platypus’ swim, kangaroos roam, and a large predator with a pouch was–or perhaps still is–queen of the jungle. Filled with Alexis Rockman’s stunning drawings of flora and fauna–-made from soil, wombat scat, and the artist’s own blood–Carnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world.
Download or read book The Hunt for the Tasmanian Tiger written by David Webby and published by . This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hunt for the Tasmanian Tiger, by David Webby, is a Middle Grade chapter book, for readers aged 8 to 12. The Tasmanian Tiger is thought to be extinct, but the Great Mother disagrees. She asks two native bush mice, Harry and Larry, to find the remaining Tasmanian Tigers and warn them of approaching danger. The mice brothers overhear a secret plan to cut down rainforest in the heart of the Tarkine, where the Tasmanian Tigers are thought to be hiding. But timber-getter, Sly Hatchett, loves hunting prized animals, and his sights are firmly set on the Tasmanian Tiger. Meanwhile, a ravenous Wedge-tailed Eagle throws Harry and Larry's mission into disarray. Can Harry and Larry save the remaining Tasmanian Tigers before it's too late? My story uses a unique blend of adventure, mystery and humour that will keep young readers turning the pages, and inspire them, that a different world - is possible. This book will appeal to readers who loved Lian Tanner's 'A Clue for Clara', and her sequel, 'Rita's revenge', because of the similar humour and adventure. My book is similar to Samantha Wheeler's 'Devils in Danger', which encourages readers to connect with wildlife. With wonderful animal characters and moments of humour when addressing conservation issues, this book should appeal to the young activist in all of us. Alyssa Curtayne, author of 'Grandma Loves to Dance'.' A lively fantasy adventure strongly rooted in Australia.' Sally Odgers, author of over 600 publications and books.
Download or read book Tasmanian Tiger written by David Owen and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the doglike Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) ranged across Australia and as far north as New Guinea. After humans introduced dingoes to the area 4,000 years ago, the misnamed "tiger" was driven to extinction everywhere except the island of Tasmania. With the arrival of European settlers there in the 1800s, however, its days became numbered. Unsubstantiated tales of its blood-thirst and its unnaturally savage attacks on sheep led to the creation of "extermination societies" and ultimately to the introduction of a law in 1886 that mandated the destruction of the species. Hunted indiscriminately for fifty years, Tasmanian tigers were granted a reprieve in 1936, when the government was persuaded to protect the species. But it was too late: the last specimen died in a Hobart zoo two months later.In Tasmanian Tiger, David Owen tells the tragic story of the thylacine, from its evolutionary origins and its physical and behavioral characteristics to its ill-fated encounter with European civilization and the ongoing fascination with the "Tassie Tiger" as a potent symbol of wildlife conservation. Elegantly written and full of interesting facts and first-hand stories from those who saw the animal in the wild, Tasmanian Tiger offers a compelling account of how fear and ignorance doomed an entire species over the course of a century. And in recounting numerous recent sightings of the thylacine in Tasmania, Owen explores the power that this once-despised creature continues to hold on the imagination today. Indeed, as described in this book, serious efforts are being undertaken to bring back the Tasmanian tiger through cloning, a controversial project that raises a number of ethical questions for scientists and conservationists everywhere. For both those familiar with the thylacine and those discovering this remarkable animal for the first time, Tasmanian Tiger is a poignant cautionary tale of human folly and the fragility of the natural world.
Download or read book The Great Tasmanian Thylacine Hunt written by Merryl Parker and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dad's given Em an ultimatum: Three months cold turkey out the back of woop woop, get a job, lose the attitude and she just might be allowed to resume her apprenticeship at the family restaurant in Hobart. Sent to Bakkaburny, a digitally challenged town in North West Tasmania, Em spends her days at the Chuckle Chicken Factory working as a packer. Life is pretty dull until she becomes involved in the million dollar hunt to capture of the last Tassie tiger. Her twin sister Issy works for an animal protection group and challenges her morals but Em's not listening to anyone. Then one day, Em stumbles into the killing room at the chicken factory and her life changes. She finds a voice for all helpless animals and decides to try and change human behaviour.Bakkaburny will never be the same again!
Download or read book The Tasmanian Tiger in Pictures written by Eric R. Guiler and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of the Tasmanian tiger and the search for proof of its current existence features many rare photographs of the animal. It also furnishes evidence that they may not be completely extinct. The author is a member of the Order of Australia and has written TThylacine: The tragedy of the Tasmanian tiger'.
Download or read book Tasmanian Tiger written by Marion Isham and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clues to the location of an 18 carat gold tiger set with garnets and a black star sapphire are to be found in the story of two children and their search for the Tasmanian tiger.
Download or read book The Tasmanian Tiger Expedition written by Kerin Boud and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My book takes two teddy brothers on a hunt for a Tasmanian Tiger. Unfortunately their powers of observation are not what they could be and there are a few animals they miss seeing on the way. They finally see, not one, not two, but three Tasmanian tigers. My book is aimed at the under 6 year old child.
Download or read book Tasmanian Tiger written by David Owen and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic story of how ignorance, fear and lack of care led to the disappearance of the famous Tasmanian tiger. This updated edition includes the latest research on whether it could ever be cloned and returned to the wild. Is it still out there? People claim to keep seeing it still. Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the Tasmanian tiger roamed the Australian mainland. Then confined to Tasmania for thousands of years, it was deliberately hunted down by settlers through fear, ignorance and greed. But was it a savage sheep killer or a shy and fussy nocturnal feeder? Did the last tiger die in a Hobart zoo in 1936, or did a few survive in the wild? And did it really drink its victims' blood? A number of Australian species have miraculously reappeared after being labelled as extinct. Perhaps the tiger is still with us. And if it's not, can it really be brought back by cloning and returned to the wild? 'Sweeps us along with wonderful writing as we meet a truly incredible animal that became the centrepiece in an ecological tragedy. Anyone interested in nature and the conservation of the diversity of life should read this story.' - Professor John Seidensticker, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Download or read book The Hunter written by Julia Leigh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the vast wilderness of Tasmania's plateau, the mythical Tasmanian tiger, the thylacine, long thought extinct, has been spotted, drawing the dubious interests of outsiders. One such is M. He is a consummate professional; a highly controlled operative hired to hunt down the thylacine by a shadowy biotechnology corporation."--Jacket.
Download or read book Thylacine written by David Owen and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once reviled, feared and slaughtered by government decree, the myth of the Tasmanian Tiger continues to grow. This book explores the tale of the animal which has become the centrepiece in an ecological tragedy.
Download or read book Tasmanian Tiger written by David Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A publication to accompany an exhibition of the same name that is yo be held at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, starting May 2014.
Download or read book Shadow of the Thylacine written by Col Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thylacine is the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It's commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger because of its striped back and is believed by most experts to have become extinct in the 20th century. Yet in 1967, Col Bailey sighted a Tasmanian tiger along the shores of the Coorong, in South Australia. Then in 1993, a chance encounter with an elderly bushman unlocked a wealth of previously untold information that led Col into the vast and untrodden wilderness of Tasmania's Weld Valley. In Shadow Of The Thylacine, Col tells of his search for the Tasmanian tiger, revealing why he believes that this shy animal still exists in remote areas of Australia.
Download or read book Into That Forest written by Louis Nowra and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of Australia's foremost literary talents, this is an unforgettable and heartbreaking story about two young girls living in the wild with Tasmanian Tigers.
Download or read book The Tasmanian Tiger written by Mike Williams, Sr. and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the Tasmanian Tiger still roam the island state, parts of the Australian mainland, and the northern land mass of Irian Jaya-Papua New Guinea? Despite being hunted to extinction in the early part of the 20th century, the Tasmanian Tiger continues to stalk the imaginations of people the world over. What's more, hundreds of reports of the striped dog-like marsupial with the fearsome gaping jaw are made each year in Australia. In The Tasmanian Tiger: Extinct or Extant?, biologists, geneticists, naturalists, and academics explore the evidence for and against the continuing existence of Thylacinus cynocephalus.
Download or read book Great White Sharks written by Janet Riehecky and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces great white sharks and describes their physical characteristics, their hunting techniques, and why they are important.
