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World of crocodilians - Habitats - Saltwater crocodiles - Freshwater crocodiles - Crocodile attacks - Crocodiles and man.
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Numunwari is a gigantic salt-water crocodile - sacred to the Aboriginal community, and the keeper of the secrets of their ancient customs. It lives in Arnhem Land in a remote part of northern Australia. But when it moves downstream terror breaks out.This is the most exciting, fast-paced and challenging novel of wild-life and cultural conflict which you will ever read.It will cause you to reflect deeply on the fate of Aboriginal cultures, and on the contemporary plight of ancient animals.It is an acclaimed fiction based on fact.This is an adventure tale set amidst the mystery of Aboriginal Dreamtime. The crocodile is a symbol of the Aboriginal people's timeless culture threatened with destruc...
Mickey Dewar made a profound contribution to the history of the Northern Territory, which she performed across many genres. She produced high‑quality, memorable and multi-sensory histories, including the Cyclone Tracy exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and the reinterpretation of Fannie Bay Gaol. Informed by a great love of books, her passion for history was infectious. As well as offering three original chapters that appraise her work, this edited volume republishes her first book, In Search of the Never-Never. In Dewar’s comprehensive and incisive appraisal of the literature of the Northern Territory, she provides brilliant, often amusing insights into the ever-changing representations of a region that has featured so large in the Australian popular imagination
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Guide to crocodilians, designed to assist scientists, wildlife managers, crocodile farmers, tourist operators, conservationists, veterinarians, and others working with these reptiles. Provides extensive information on anatomy, including the crocodilian's skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urogenital and nervous systems. Includes full-colour photos, appendixes, list of further reading, glossary and index.
For millennia, nature's biggest and fiercest predators have tormented mankind. The knowledge and fear of the existence of these ferocious man-eaters is forever in the back of our minds, looming in our worst nightmares. Millions of humans have suffered attacks by predators on land and at sea. Yet animals have always shared the landscape with humans. Since the dawn of time our ecosystems have been linked and humans have co-existed with flesh-eating beasts as members of the same food chain. Now, of course, as humans spread and despoil the planet, these fearsome predators may only survive on the other side of glass barriers and chain-link fences. Their gradual disappearance is changing the natur...
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