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William Collins Platypus Matters. The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals Ashby Jack

William Collins Platypus Matters. The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals Ashby Jack

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Увлекательный, забавный рассказ из первых рук о удивительно уникальных млекопитающих Австралии и о том, как наше восприятие влияет на их будущее • Представьте себе утконосов: они откладывают яйца (из которых вылупляются утконосы), они производят молоко без сосков и яд без клыков, и они могут улавливать электричество. Или вомбат: у них никогда не перестают расти зубы, они какают кубиками и защищаются усиленными задними лапами. Утконосы, поссумы, вомбаты, ехидны, дьяволы, кенгуру, кволлы, дибблеры, даннарты, ковари: в Австралии есть поистине удивительные млекопитающие с невероятными, незнакомыми чертами лица. Но как мир относится к этим существам? И что это значит для их сохранения? • В книге "Утконосы" натуралист Джек Эшби делится своей любовью к этим часто неправильно понимаемым животным подробнее
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