FOUR-LEGGED AUSTRALIANS

by Bernhard Grzimek ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1967

Mr. Grzimek has been globe-hopping like an antic kangaroo and doing competent books on various regions and species. This one covers the bush country more comprehensively than Gerald Durrell's recent Two in the Bush and it merits the additional price. For along with conservation and naturalist lore this also includes large sections on Australia's history, colorful indeed with its tales of shipwrecks, fated exploratory expeditions, and occasional massacres and cannibalism. Then of course, Australia's phenomemal wildlife offers these interesting variations: the brush turkeys create their own artificial incubators; the rat kangaroo, only 20 inches long, survives on insects; wombats sport both front and back pouch. Mr. Grzimek also inspects the role of wildlife and conservation in relationship to Australia's economics and jaunts over for a look at New Guinea and Tasmania. Particularly interesting for in what other part of the world could you study both a Bird of Paradise and a Tasmanian Devil?

Pub Date: March 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Hill & Wang

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION