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Crocodile Attack in Australia (book002)

By Hugh Edwards. Years before man invented the death dealing submarine , crocodiles perfected the art of capturing large prey from concealment beneath the waters. A large crocodile can make himself invisible in knee deep muddy water. He can remain below a hour , without a bubble or a ripple to indicate his presence. His heart slowed to an incredible single beat every three minutes. No movement will betray him, for crocodiles are masters of stillness. He will remain as immobile as a stone until the right moment. Meantime his acute senses register each foot- fall on the bank, every splash in the water. When the time comes to attack, the crocodile explodes from below the surface in a whirl of teeth and spray, yellow eyes ablaze, moving faster than the human eye can follow. If need be, he can jump and stretch to take prey two metres above the surface. He is rapid enough to catch a bird on the wing, striking as quickly as those other reptilian hunters, the snakes. Hugh Edwards has brilliantly documented the crocodile attacks in Australia and it is a book that all people interested in reptiles should read. This soft cover book of some 240 pages has many interesting B/W photos.
Dimensions: 150 mm wide by 235mm high by 19mm thick.
Weight: 502 Gramm

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A Photographic Guide to SNAKES & other reptiles of Australia (book003 )

Auther: Gerry Swan           
ISBN: 1853685852

A very informative and easy to understand book on all snakes and reptiles are found in Australia. The book gives details on every snake and reptile such as regions they're most common in, if a snake is venomous and dangerous, etc.

Number of pages: 144
Dimensions: 19cm high x 9.5 cm wide x 1cm thick

Dangerous Australian Animals (book005)

Auther: Professor Struan Sutherland      
           and Guy Nolch
ISBN: 1864470763

An informative and entertaining family reference with descriptions, colour pictures, distribution maps, and notes on first-aid in case of bites or stings.

Dangerous Australian Animals is an entertaining, up-to-date and practical guide to the appearance, distribution and behaviour of our dangerous Australian Wildlife.

Although most of the 'accidents' described in this book are preventable, accidents do happen - so the first-aid measures described here could be life-saving!

Dangerous Australian Animals meets the need for a palatable, easy-to-use reference. With medical management kept to the essential information required to treat human and animal victims, and only a limited use of technical terms, it is ideal for students and as a stand-by on family holidays.

Number of pages: 201
Dimensions: 26cm high x 19cm wide x 1.5cm thick

Kangaroos - Biology of the largest Marsupials (book006)

Auther: Terence J. Dawson            
ISBN: 0868403172

Kangaroos are among the strangest of all mammals. This is not so much because they are marsupials and keep their young in a pouch, but because they hop. They are the only large animals in the history of vertebrates to have hopped. In this, the only up-to-date, accessible and scientifically based book on Australia's principal icon, internationally known kangaroo researcher Terry Dawson gets to the heart of what makes these animals special. He shows how many features of their biology, such as their reproductive patterns, social structure and locomotor characteristics; confer great advantages in their adaptations to Australia's harsh climate and demanding environment. In the past these features have often been regarded as primitive or inferior marsupial characteristics. This book is an important contribution to understanding the true nature of Australia's wildlife and environment as it emerges from 200 years of misguided and inappropriate Eurocentric attitudes and exploitation. Besides covering widely the biology, ecology and behaviour of the ten different kinds of Kangaroos, Professor Dawson compares European and Aboriginal cultural attitudes towards them. He explores such issues as hunting habits, conservation, kangaroos as agricultural pests, the economics of kangaroo ranching and the use of their products. Written to convey modern research to a wider audience of general natural history readers, ecotourists, and biology teachers and students, the book will also be of use to those working in t wildlife and environmental management, in ecology and rural industries.

Number of pages: 162
Dimensions: Soft cover , 24cm high x 17.7cm wide x 1.5cm thick

The Saga of Sweetheart (book008)
The freightening but true story of a giant rogue crocodile that attacked over 15 boats on a Northern Territory river during the 1970's Lots of good photos and artwork by Jacko.

Dimensions: Soft cover 96 pages Size 177 wide X 246 high X 6mm thick Weight 296g.

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Hell West and Crooked (book009)
Tom Cole's autobiographical account of his adventures from 1920's and 1930's as a drover, station hand, buffalo shooter and crocodile hunter in Queensland and the Northern Territory of Australia. A picture of the life and times of a true adventurer!

Tom left the gentle country of Kent, at age 17 years, for adventure and to escape the winter cold of England. After an eventful voyage on an Orient line ship, the RMS ORMUZ, he arrived at Brisbane and promptly lined up a job on a remote cattle property in the Maranoa District. He found horse riding to his liking and in his spare time shot rabbits and kangaroos. After some time he travelled on to the Northern Territory and took up a job on Lake Nash cattle station. He quickly adapted to the routine of station life and went droving with a thousand and more bullocks in one mob, over a hundred miles, sleeping on the ground every night and taking his turn in riding round the cattle in the still and silent watches of the night.

His experiences, which are recounted with great humour and drama, were many and varied - the Overland Telegraph Line; the packhorse mails; the bush race meetings; horse-breaking; buffalo and crocodile hunting. He pays tribute to the many Aborigines with whom he worked and got to know so well, admiring their amazing endurance in that harsh unforgiving environment and learning some of their bushmanship.

Dimensions: Soft cover 360 Pages Size 13cm wide X 20cm high X 2.1cm thick Weight 412 g.

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