Author: Brian Gill
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ISBN: 9781927249291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell an often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories and unveils many secrets. Read about: the fate of a tortoise given as a gift by Captain Cook - the epic international voyage of the biggest known moa egg - the admiration induced by an ape from the jungles of Borneo - the barn owl of mysterious origins - the unfortunate fate of an angry young elephant - the quest to discover how a New Zealand heron turned up in a Florence museum - the strange arrival of an Australian banjo frog - and many other mind-boggling mysteries.
The Unburnt Egg
Author: Brian Gill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927249291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell an often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories and unveils many secrets. Read about: the fate of a tortoise given as a gift by Captain Cook - the epic international voyage of the biggest known moa egg - the admiration induced by an ape from the jungles of Borneo - the barn owl of mysterious origins - the unfortunate fate of an angry young elephant - the quest to discover how a New Zealand heron turned up in a Florence museum - the strange arrival of an Australian banjo frog - and many other mind-boggling mysteries.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927249291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell an often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories and unveils many secrets. Read about: the fate of a tortoise given as a gift by Captain Cook - the epic international voyage of the biggest known moa egg - the admiration induced by an ape from the jungles of Borneo - the barn owl of mysterious origins - the unfortunate fate of an angry young elephant - the quest to discover how a New Zealand heron turned up in a Florence museum - the strange arrival of an Australian banjo frog - and many other mind-boggling mysteries.
Report of the Director
Author: International Red Locust Control Organisation
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Category : Locusts
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Category : Locusts
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Bulletin
Author: Trinidad. Dept. of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
Author: Western Australia. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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The Unburnt Egg
Author: Brian James Gill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927249307
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Museum natural history collections have been called libraries of life. Their very purpose is to help us probe, understand and enjoy the world's astonishing biodiversity. In The Unburnt Egg Brian Gill continues his spellbinding stories from more than thirty years as a curator. Some tales are so bizarre they read like fiction: a population of ship rats decimating the entire wildlife of an island and then collapsing; birds leaving their young to be raised by other birds; frogs and lizards living in trees and flying. Others reveal the painstaking detective work involved in solving mysteries presented by police, biosecurity agencies, government departments and members of the public. Frogs' legs on sale as chicken, a feather hidden in a bag of sugar, a live boa constrictor on a street in snake-free New Zealand--it's all in a day's work. Into these stories Gill weaves as fascinating a cast of characters as you are ever likely to meet.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927249307
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Museum natural history collections have been called libraries of life. Their very purpose is to help us probe, understand and enjoy the world's astonishing biodiversity. In The Unburnt Egg Brian Gill continues his spellbinding stories from more than thirty years as a curator. Some tales are so bizarre they read like fiction: a population of ship rats decimating the entire wildlife of an island and then collapsing; birds leaving their young to be raised by other birds; frogs and lizards living in trees and flying. Others reveal the painstaking detective work involved in solving mysteries presented by police, biosecurity agencies, government departments and members of the public. Frogs' legs on sale as chicken, a feather hidden in a bag of sugar, a live boa constrictor on a street in snake-free New Zealand--it's all in a day's work. Into these stories Gill weaves as fascinating a cast of characters as you are ever likely to meet.
Gas Journal
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Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Bulletin
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Laboratory Exercises in Poultry Husbandry ...
Author: Charles Webster Knox
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Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Bulletin
Author: United States. Bureau of Entomology
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
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