Chasing Kangaroos

Chasing Kangaroos

Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature, is a 2007 book (ISBN 978-0802118523) by Professor Tim Flannery. The book draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to explore Australia's kangaroo. Seventy species make up the kangaroo family, which includes wallabies and rat kangaroos.[1]

Professor Tim Flannery is also author of The Weather Makers, which received much critical acclaim.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ A Zoologist With a Pouch of Stories
  2. ^ "Flannery takes top gong at Premier's Literary Awards" ABC News Online 23 May 2006

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