The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 76National Geographic Society, 1940 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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THE PLATYPUS Man Succeeds in Making Friends with This Duck - billed , Fur - coated Paradox which Lays Eggs and Suckles Its Young BY CHARLES H. HOLMES Soft as a piece of kid and pliable as rubber. IGH on the Australian Alps the win- ter's ...
THE PLATYPUS Man Succeeds in Making Friends with This Duck - billed , Fur - coated Paradox which Lays Eggs and Suckles Its Young BY CHARLES H. HOLMES Soft as a piece of kid and pliable as rubber. IGH on the Australian Alps the win- ter's ...
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... platypus in the wild , but on a fishing trip in the Alp country of Victoria I once saw four at a time . After a splendid day's sport we were squatting on the river bank , swapping ex- periences and bragging about the fish we had caught ...
... platypus in the wild , but on a fishing trip in the Alp country of Victoria I once saw four at a time . After a splendid day's sport we were squatting on the river bank , swapping ex- periences and bragging about the fish we had caught ...
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... PLATYPUS The hollow spur on each hind leg of the male platypus is connected to a gland secreting a rather virulent poison . At Healesville a case was recalled in which a platypus spurred a strong , healthy man . He was fishing one night ...
... PLATYPUS The hollow spur on each hind leg of the male platypus is connected to a gland secreting a rather virulent poison . At Healesville a case was recalled in which a platypus spurred a strong , healthy man . He was fishing one night ...
Contents
Solar Systems Eternal Show 10 illustrations in color from paintings by CHARLES | 17 |
Whales and Sharks Make Exciting Neighbors for a Professors | 33 |
Stalking Big Game with Color Camera 28 illustrations in color from natural color photo | 89 |
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