Download or read book Do Kangaroos Carry Platypuses written by Lynn Hardy Wallace and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynn wrote this book about the design of animals. I believe that children need to know the truth. Debating evolution serves no purpose. Lynn researched every animal in this book. One editor chose me as their science person. She has seen one of my articles about an animal and she wanted more. I find the study of animals interesting. God designed and created all animals. Children will like the alliteration, rhyming words, humor, purposeful repetition. Even some adult will enjoy it. Elizabeth Tangveld said, This is excellent. Elizabeth Brown, an editor, said, "I like it." One father enjoys reading to his children. Lynn Hardy Wallace holds a M.A. In Christiain Education. She wrote Christian Curriculum packages, and many magazine articles for children and adults, true stories, and a book of devotions for women (Our Lifeship). She lives on her ancestral home in Colorado. She also watches deer at play, elk with their calves, and birds. At Canyon View Baptist Church her fingers play the piano. For several years her late husband and she served as missionaries to the Navajo Indians.
Download or read book Platypus Matters written by Jack Ashby and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientifically informed and funny, a firsthand account of Australia’s wonderfully unique mammals—and how our perceptions impact their future. Think of a platypus: They lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs, and can detect electricity. Or a wombat: Their teeth never stop growing, they poop cubes, and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. And what about antechinuses—tiny marsupial carnivores whose males don’t see their first birthday, as their frenzied sex lives take so much energy that their immune systems fail? Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals, with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters, naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals during fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia, as well as his work with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last two-hundred-plus years, Ashby’s tale not only explains historical mysteries and debunks myths (especially about the platypus), but also reveals the toll these myths can take. Ashby makes clear that calling these animals “weird” or “primitive”—or incorrectly implying that Australia is an “evolutionary backwater,” a perception that can be traced back to the country’s colonial history—has undermined conservation: Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of any place on Earth. Important, timely, and written with humor and wisdom by a scientist and self-described platypus nerd, this celebration of Australian wildlife will open eyes and change minds about how we contemplate and interact with the natural world—everywhere.
Download or read book Platypus Matters written by Jack Ashby and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Naturalist and Assistant Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, Jack Ashby shares his love for the platypus and other Australian mammals, including wombats, echidnas, and kangaroos. Informed by stories of his experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia and his close contact with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200 years, Ashby's book explains historical mysteries and debunks myths about these mammals and especially the platypus-which lays eggs, feeds its young on milk, has venom spurs, and sports a bill that can detect electricity. In evaluating how humans have considered these special mammals, he makes clear that calling these animals "weird" or "primitive"- or incorrectly implying that Australia is an "evolutionary backwater"-has only added to the challenges for their conservation. One outcome of these descriptions is that Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Ashby argues that many of the ways that the world thinks about Australia's mammals can be traced back to the country's colonial history"--
Download or read book Platypus written by Tom Grant and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2007 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents factual information, a colourful history and biological investigation of this Australian icon.
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Download or read book Dot and the Kangaroo written by Ethel C Pedley and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an Australian children's book that tells the story of Dot. Dot, a 5-year-old girl, is lost in the Australian outback after chasing a hare into the woods and losing sight of her home. A red kangaroo approaches her and offers her some berries to eat. Dot gains the ability to comprehend all animal languages after eating the berries, and she tells the kangaroo about her predicament. Despite her fear of humans, the kangaroo, who has lost her joey, decides to help little Dot find her home.
Download or read book Exploring Australia Grades 5 8 written by Kramme and published by Mark Twain Media. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Australia! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Map projects and hands-on activities engage students in learning about the physical, political, and human geography of Australia. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.
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Download or read book Animals Grades 1 3 written by and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a foundation for total learning success with Everything About Animals! Designed by experts in education, Everything About Animals provides your child with essential practice in early science concepts, recognition of animals around the world, plus, fun games. High-interest lessons capture a child’s attention while fun activities reinforce important basic skills. Put your child on the road to success with the Everything About... series!
Download or read book Facts at Your Fingertips written by Reader's Digest and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 2003 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great for schoolwork, speeches, crosswords, and more, this fact-packed resource contains more than 800 full-color photos, illustrations, maps, charts, and diagrams, along with timelines and color-coded chapters.
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Download or read book Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines written by W. Ramsay Smith and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic resource is organized as follows: Chapter I: Origins The Customs and Traditions of Aboriginals The Story of the Creation The Coming of Mankind The Peewee’s Story The Eagle-hawk and the Crow The Birth of the Butterflies The Confusion of Tongues The Discovery and the Loss of the Secret of Fire The Moon The Wonderful Lizard The Lazy Goannas and what happened to them How the Selfish Goannas lost their Wives What some Aboriginal Carvings mean Chapter II: Animal Myths The Selfish Owl Why Frogs jump into the Water This is the legend of the frogs. Kinie Ger, the Native Cat The Porcupine and the Mountain Devil The Green Frog How the Tortoise got his Shell The Mischievous Crow and the Good he did Whowie The Flood and its Results How Spencer’s Gulf came into Existence Chapter III: Religion The Belief in a Great Spirit The Land of Perfection The Voice of the Great Spirit Witchcraft Chapter IV: Social Marriage Customs The Spirit of Help among the Aboriginals Ngia Ngiampe Hunting Fishing Sport Chapter V: Personal Myths Kirkin and Wyju The Love-story of the Two Sisters Cheeroonear The Keen Keeng Mr and Mrs Newal and their Dog Thardid Jimbo Palpinkalare Perindi and Harrimiah Bulpallungga Nurunderi's Wives Chirr-bookie, the Blue Crane Buthera and the Bat Yara-ma-yha-who The Origin of the Pleiades
Download or read book The Kangaroo Keeps on Talking written by L. St. Clare Grondona and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kangaroo Keeps on Talking Or The All British Continent written by L. St. Clare Grondona and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
