Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal
by David Owen, David Pemberton
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The remarkable story of the world's largest marsupial carnivore, including its rescue from near extinction through an innovative breeding program. This second edition has been fully updated.Tags
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While one of my primary interests is the thylacine/tasmanian tiger, I do branch out slightly. Saw this book on the shelf and based on David Owen's previous book (on the thylacine) I bought it.Needless to say, I was not disappointed.
This book gets past the mythology that surrounds the tasmanian devil by presenting a overbundance of information about the animal. The book is up-to-date on current events, but also gathers up evidence from the Beumaris Zoo in Hobart from the early 1900's. In many ways more important the the exceptional research is how well the book is written; it just flows nice and smooth.
If you are interested in marsupials in general, expecially so if you like the tasmanian devil & tasmanian tiger/thylacine, I HIGHLY show more reccomend this book. show less
This book gets past the mythology that surrounds the tasmanian devil by presenting a overbundance of information about the animal. The book is up-to-date on current events, but also gathers up evidence from the Beumaris Zoo in Hobart from the early 1900's. In many ways more important the the exceptional research is how well the book is written; it just flows nice and smooth.
If you are interested in marsupials in general, expecially so if you like the tasmanian devil & tasmanian tiger/thylacine, I HIGHLY show more reccomend this book. show less
This is a fantastic book. I first got to like Tasmanian devils when I did a project on Australia as a child. i saw one at Steve Irwin's zoo, running like mad round its pen. It was v icious, nasty - all that I expected. Now facial cancer is threatening its very existence.
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David Owen is a Hobart-based writer of fiction and non-fiction for all mediums. He was born in 1956. His credits are 15 published books, which include literary novels and the acclaimed Pufferfish detective fiction series set in Tasmania. David edited Island magazine for five years and was the director of publishing for Quintus Publishing at the show more University of Tasmania. His popular series of non-fiction books include: Thylacine, the Tragic tale of the Tasmanian Tiger; Shark, in Peril in the Sea; and Tasmanian Devil, a Unique and Threatened Animal. In 1998, his love story novel Bitters End was adapted as a feature film. David was the story and script consultant for the project. David is the Official Secretary, Office of the Governor, Tasmania. His most recent publication was 13 Point Plan for a Perfect Murder, which was the seventh release in the Pufferfish series, and was published by Fullers Publishing in August 2016. show less
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