Media - Collaborative Effort Gives The Dibbler A Future (26 March) While the usual suspects in terms of the survival of marsupials in the wild are foxes and cats, radio tracking of recently released dibbers in the south http://www.uwa.edu.au/media/statements/2002/03/collaborative_effort_gives_the_di
Extractions: Official Publications Tuesday, March 26, 2002 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT GIVES THE DIBBLER A FUTURE Collaborative research involving The University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, the Department of Conservation and Land Management and Perth Zoo is ensuring the future of the endangered dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis), an elusive marsupial thought to be extinct half a century ago. Dibblers bred in captivity at Perth Zoo and released on a WA island and a mainland site are providing the collaborators with interesting material that will enable them to better ensure the survival of released dibbers, and to protect the genetic variation of future captive bred marsupials. While the usual suspects in terms of the survival of marsupials in the wild are foxes and cats, radio tracking of recently released dibbers in the south west has revealed that currawongs are the main threat to captive bred dibblers that appear to be less cautious than those born in the wild. "Dibblers bred in a zoo environment are a bit naive in relation to predators, and arent as good at finding shelter. Whereas wild populations tend to be out and about only at dawn and dusk, captive bred dibblers may look for food at other times," according to Associate Lecturer Harriet Mills of UWAs School of Animal Biology.
Guide To Animal Sounds On The Net marsupials. Australian mammals (koala, wombats, Eastern Gray Kangaroo, Tasmanian Devil) wild boars with stags nl wilde zwijnen met edelherten http://members.tripod.com/Thryomanes/MammalSounds.html
Wild Animals Of Outback Australia Ozoutback Pictures of wild animals found in Outback Australia. pest in the bush as they tend to kill large amounts of native marsupials and birds. http://www.ozoutback.com.au/postcards/postcards_forms/animals_1/
Extractions: Photos from the Real AUSTRALIA P.h.o.t.o.s . t.h.i.s . p.a.g.e Wild animals of Outback Australia Outback Australia is host to a large variety of wildlife, most of it indigenous, like the large kangaroo and the saltwater crocodile: now a tourist attraction, where from the boat "Adelaide River Queen" they are fed meat and have to jump for it. The Desert Death Adder lives up to its name as one of the most poisonous on earth and there are poisonous spiders too, although the large spider on this page is harmless. When the whites started to explore the vast interior, they introduced camels, complete with Afghan camel drivers, in the late 19th century. Later released, these camels now form large herds in the Centre and are used in tourist safaris. Donkeys are sometimes seen in remote regions too, as are horses and especially domestic cats gone wild, considered the worst pest in the bush as they tend to kill large amounts of native marsupials and birds. If you like to see a photo full size, just click on it;
Extractions: Add hardcover to shopping cart Authoritative and engaging, this volume from the Walker's Mammals series focuses on marsupials, pouched animals whose unusual method of reproductionbetween egg laying and placental birthplaces them in a unique category among mammals. A comprehensive guide to the biology and distribution of marsupials, this book includes common and scientific names, size and physical traits, habitat and ecology, behavior and social interactions, reproduction, life span, and conservation. The text is coupled with illustrations from the collections of leading photographers and the world's greatest museums. An introduction by marsupial expert Christopher R. Dickman describes the evolution and current status of marsupials and reveals why they add so much intrigue to the natural world. "Professional naturalists will find [these volumes] invaluable as a handy reference, and amateursat least those citizens alive to their earthly environmentshould delight in finding so much fascinating information made so available and palatable."
The Open Door Web Site : Biology : Gestation And Birth Amongst wild mammals the first thing that the mother will do is to clean A number of marsupials, however, can also be found in North and South America. http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0038.html
Extractions: As the embryo grows it remains attached to the wall of the uterus by a connection called the umbilical cord. At the end of the umbilical cord, attached to the wall of the uterus, is a special organ called the placenta. The placenta takes all the food and oxygen that the embryo needs from the mother's blood. At the same time it gives the mother's blood all the wastes, such as carbon dioxide, which the embryo produces. The mother's body will remove these wastes because some of the organs in the embryo, such as the lungs, are not working yet. The food and oxygen taken from the mother by the placenta pass down the umbilical cord in the embryo's own blood stream.
Tasmania's Journal Of Discovery Tasmanian devils on Australias southern island state of Tasmania, the only place where these carnivorous marsupials are found in the wild, are being wiped http://www.leatherwoodonline.com/index.php/P30/
Extractions: @import "http://www.leatherwoodonline.com/index.php?css=global/lw_css"; Contents Portfolios Antarctic Connection Wild Tasmania ... Tasmanian Stories Quick Find Tasmanian Stories Tastes of Tasmania Antarctica Portfolios Cover Wild Tasmania Editor's Notebook Creative Tasmania Advertising Masthead Contact here The Supreme Australian Sheep Dog Championships are hard-fought competitions, as their name might suggest. Tim Dub was on hand to record their finesse and finality. More here A popular walk winding through the foothills of Mount Wellington, the Pipeline Track has historical significance as well as great scenic beauty. For more than a century it played a major part in the supply of water to Hobart. Nick Osborne walks the Track with camera and pen here here here here here here In her own words It was long overdue and was very much an eyeopener for both of us. We were immediately struck by the beauty of the countryside and the friendliness of the wonderful people.
SSC Backlist 6 There is an urgent need for concerted action to conserve the marsupials and monotremes which are wild species, as well as by the llama and the alpaca, http://www.iucn.org/bookstore/SSCbacklist6.htm
Extractions: Fax: +44 1223 277175 Australasian Marsupials and Monotremes Michael Kennedy Australia, Papua New-Guinea, and eastern Indonesia together share all the monotremes (egg-laying mammals) of the world and all the marsupials (pouched mammals) except those of the Americas. There is an urgent need for concerted action to conserve the marsupials and monotremes of the Australasian region. Australia has the worst extinction rate for the mammals of any continent or country and Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia are undergoing rapid development which, if not properly planned and controlled, could threaten the habitat of many marsupials, as well as other species. This Action Plan provides an overall perspective of the problems that confront conservation agencies and NGOs in the region and recommends actions required before the year 2000.
Extractions: Home Text Only A to Z Sitemap ... Bikes for Business PAYMENTS FORMS September 23, 2005 Anyone who wishes to keep an animal in Southwark that is classed as a dangerous wild animal by the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1984, must first obtain a licence from Southwark Council. A list of these animals can be found towards the end of this page. If you have the animal in your possession, you are held to be the 'keeper' of that animal, even while it is being transported or if it escapes. The application should be made by the person who intends to own and possess the animal. The application must Click here to download the Dangerous Wild Animal Licence application form . To view this document, you need Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer.
Australian Fauna -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article (Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger) wombat several varieties of (Small wild or domesticated webfooted broad-billed http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/a/au/australian_fauna.htm
Extractions: (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia is unusual because the (A living organism characterized by voluntary movement) animal population (Click link for more info and facts about evolved) evolved largely out of contact with the other (One of the large landmasses of the earth) continent s. A very high percentage of Australian animals are (A plant that is native to a certain limited area) endemic (found nowhere else) including about 70% of its (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) bird s and 95% of its (Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk) mammal s. Over time, (Mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried) marsupial s filled most of the ((ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)) ecological niche s that are occupied by (Mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Wolf Park NGSD The New Guinea Singing Dog (NGSD) has lived wild in the New Guinea a family of nocturnal treedwelling marsupials which vaguely resemble opossums. http://www.wolfpark.org/NGSD.html
Extractions: New Guinea Singing Dogs at Wolf Park On December 15, 2003, two new guests arrived at Wolf Park. The Columbian Park Zoo in Lafayette is under renovation and the dogs needed a temporary home. The zoo paid for the building of an enclosure and so here they are! We do not have much information about the indivuals we have, but Kodi (the male) was born in 1993, and Katia (female) was born in 1996. Kody is very friendly and will come up to anybody to be petted, sniff and rub on people's head. Katia is not very well socialized and will only come up and sniff when she is feeling brave. The New Guinea Singing Dog (NGSD) has lived wild in the New Guinea highlands since prehistoric times. The first known pair of captured dogs was brought to the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, by Mr. E. Troughton, in 1957. Most captive NGSDs can trace their ancestry back to the Taronga Zoo pair, or to five animals wild-caught in neighboring Irian Jaya in the 1970s and sent to the Domestic Animal Institute in Keil, Germany. The NGSD was originally declared a distinct species, and was given the scientific name Canis hallstromi after Sir Edward Hallstrom, then President of the Taronga Zoo. In 1969 NGSDs were instead grouped with the similar Australian Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) as a feral (wild-living) subspecies of the domestic dog, and their Latin name changed to
Wildlife Most of the 140 species of marsupials in Australia are found nowhere In the wild, vast flocks are seen in flight as a colored cloud of pink and gray. http://www.famie.com/australia/wildlife.htm
Extractions: Since then Australia has been isolated from the rest of the world by vast oceans. The animals and plants which were originally here no longer had contact with animals from other parts of the world. They evolved separately. That is why they are so different especially the marsupials. WHAT IS A MARSUPIAL?
BBC - BBC Four Listings - Programmes wild Down Under 2/6. Desert Heart The centre of Australia is a huge desert, Leaping wallabies, weird lizards, ferocious marsupials and giant red http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/listings/programme.shtml?filename=20050807/20050807
Lawson's "New Guinea," By Alfred Russel Wallace and that with the exception of bats and a wild pig, all the known mammalia are marsupials, Lawson is tossed and then trampled on by a wild buffalo, http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/wallace/S250.htm
Extractions: Editor Charles H. Smith's Note: A book review of Captain J. A. Lawson's account of a fictional expedition to New Guinea printed in the 3 June 1875 number of Nature . Original pagination indicated within double brackets. To link directly to this page connect with: http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/wallace/S250.htm [[p. 83]] It is not often that a work of fiction calls for notice in the pages of Nature [[p. 84]] Now, the total width of New Guinea is here 380 miles only, and the longest distance possible to go without reaching the sea is just about 620 miles, which takes you to the shores of Geelvinck Bay. More marvellous still is the ascent of Mount Hercules, 32,783 feet high. He starts with one native from the foot of the mountain at 4 A.M., carrying "food, water, arms, and blankets," and ascends 14,000 feet by nine o'clock! At 15,000 feet they came to snow, but continued on for many thousand feet more, and by 1 P.M. had reached a height of 25,314 feet, the temperature being 22° below freezing. This is certainly good climbing, as it is just 4,000 feet higher than Chimborazo from the sea-level, and more than twice as high as Mont Blanc is above Chamouni. The Alpine Club must hide their diminished heads after this. Of course, having turned back at one o'clock, our travellers arrived safely at their camp at 7.30 P.M. A tinted view of this wonderful mountain forms the frontispiece to the book.
Revista Brasileira De Zoologia - Many marsupials and small wild rodents are part of this group, with peculiar habits and behavior, in a constant interrelation with the environment. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0101-81752003000400024&script=sci_arttext&t
FAQ - Answer Any person keeping any dangerous wild animal is required to hold a licence marsupials Tasmanian devil, Grey Kangaroo, Red Kangaroo, Wallaroo, Euro http://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/html/FAQ_intro.asp?FAQid=344
Extractions: Previous Section Table of Contents Next section The books, serials, CD-ROMs, and databases that should be available in every zoo/aquarium library, have been marked with Alerstam, Thomas. 1990. Bird Migration . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ($100.00) Brooke, Michael and Tim Birkhead, eds. 1991. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Ornithology . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ($50.00) Brush, Alan H., and George Clark, eds. 1983. Perspectives in Ornithology . New York: Cambridge University Press. ($59.95) Buckley, P.A., et. al. 1985. Neotropical Ornithology . Lawrence, KS: Allen Press. ($70.00) Colias, Nicholas E. and Elsie Colias. 1984. Nest Building and Bird Behavior . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ($96.40) Collar, N.J. and P. Andrew. 1988-92. Birds to Watch: ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds . Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. (No. 2: $25.00 pap) Collar, N.J. and S.N. Stuart. 1992.
Exotic Cats And Pet Bears Biologists Monitor Exotic Pets, Captive There is the potential for some marsupials, like sugar gliders, Exotic cats are becoming more widespread as pets, some are wild breeds and some a http://www.wildlifenews.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlife_news.view_article&art
Extractions: Home Site map Regional Sites Advanced Product Search ... Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Book information Product description Author information and services Ordering information Bibliographic and ordering information Book related information Submit your book proposal Other books in same subject area About Elsevier Select your view ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL MEDICINE This thoroughly revised, up-to-date text covers diagnosis and treatment of all zoo and wild animals, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and camelidae. Logically organized by species, the consistent, user-friendly format addresses an animal's biology, unique anatomy, special physiology, restraint and handling, special housing requirements, feeding, surgery and anesthesia, diagnostics, and diseases. Multinational contributors bring their expertise related to many of the species from countries outside of North America.
Nhnz - Our Programs - Commissions All of them agree that when you film a wild animal, you begin a dialogue with it. Unlike most other mammals, marsupials are born underdeveloped, http://www.nhnz.tv/commissions.html
Extractions: University students have been central to the cultural life of Dunedin, in the deep south of New Zealand, for over a century. Student pubs and parties, sports tournaments, capping shows and graduation ceremonies are as integral to Dunedin's image as its Scottish heritage or its famous Victorian architecture. Scarfiedays follows the lives of six first and second year students as they cope with being away from home for the first time; and the stresses and temptations of their new environment. 10 x 30min (Commission for Television New Zealand)
Restraint And Anesthesia Of Macropods Sedation and anesthesia in marsupials. In Zoo and wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy 4, Fowler ME and Miller RE, eds. Philadelphia WB Saunders Co, http://www.ivis.org/special_books/Heard/holz6/chapter.asp?LA=1
