| WILDLIFE AUSTRALIA Magazine - Summer 2003 |
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Little Known Australians
Why, you may ask, would we put a kangaroo on the cover of an issue themed around 'little known Australians'? In three words: because it's not. This issue's kangaroo is up a tree on pp 18-23. Our cover macropod is a Proserpine Rock-wallaby, and if you've never heard of it, you're not alone. Although it lives in Queensland's relatively built-up Whitsunday region, the species has an extremely limited range and was only formally recognised in 1982. Wildlife photographer Darren Jew was on hand when this captive bred rock-wallaby and its companions were released from their pen on Hayman Island, where they had just spent some weeks getting used to their new location. See 'The rocky road to Hayman' pp 1215, for more of the story.
Darren has a terrific knack for being there with his camera when amazing wildlife moments happen - see the back cover for details on a chance to win one of his prints by renewing or giving a subscription to WAM. |
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| The Rocky Road to Hayman |
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 Interview with Barry Nolan
A program to conserve an endangered species takes a holiday - and it appears to be working. Establishing a secure, new wild population of the Proserpine Rock-wallabies on an island within their historical range is a hands-on project for QPWS Ranger Barry Nolan. |
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| Creatures of the Sun |
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 By Dennis Reeves
Beautiful and fascinating to humans, extremely dangerour to insercts: glimpses into hte private lives of of sume voracious predators.
Grab your sunhat and binoculars. Summer is the season for watching great daytime wildlfie onb the wing. Join Dennis in jounrney through some of our spectacular dragonfly species. |
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| Hidden eardrum, changing colour |
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 By Rod Hobson
Yes, its a crouching dragon, and the recent re-discovery of this endangered lizard on the Darling Downs has herpetologists excited.
At first it was practically unknown in Queensland. Now it has all but disappeared from its southern ranges, but new reseach is discovering previously unkown populations at the northern limites of its range. Its a priceless opportuinity to discover more about this cryptic, crouching dragon. |
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| Security Goes Wild |
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 By Saren Starbridge
Ever wanted a to send a robot out to do your wildlife monitoring in bad weather? It's here - but the designers weren't thinking about wildlife when they developed this high-tech security monitoring system.
A full copy of the story can be found on the manufacturer's web site. |
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| Hey, that's no Koala! |
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 By Lee Curtis
It sounds like the sort of thing you would tell a gullible tourist: 'look there's a kangaroo in that tree'. But its true: in one tiny patch of Australia, kangaroos live in trees... ...and they can wire-walk a clothsline, or leap more than 20 metres from a rainforest canopy, but can they capture the public imaginiation? |
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| Bash like a Baza |
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 By Steve Wilson
Quiet and often overlooked, the Pacific Baza is not your typical bird of prey.
Strong curved beaks, powerful tallons, remarkable vision and impressive flying ability. These distinctive halmarks of raptors, or birds of prey, are captured in our popular vocabulary in phrases such as 'fierce as a hawk' and 'soar like an eagle' ... then there's the Baza. |
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| Wildlife Australia CyberJungle |
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| Also in this edition |
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Eco-Media, Comment, City Animal, Scratchings and Rustlings, Nature Watch, Books Reviews, Summer Skies, Wildside, Young and Wild, Take only Pictures, WPSQ in Action, Swamp Cartoon and our regular environmental crossword.
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