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The Little Platypus and the Fire Spirit.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
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August 1, 2006
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The Little Platypus And The Fire Spirit
Mundara Koorang
Aboriginal Studies Press/ISBS
920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213-3786
085575494X $24.95 www.isbs.com
Authored and illustrated by Australian aboriginal artist, actor and writer Mundara Koorang, The Little Platypus And The Fire Spirit is a "Dream Time" story of the duck-billed, web-footed, paddle-tailed, fur covered platypus and how such a peculiar creature came to be of such a curiously featured shape. Following the platypus through its creative aboriginal folklore storytelling elements, ...
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The platypus: bird? Reptile? Mammal? No one knew what to call it. (Science In Action).
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children
; The platypus is a furry, four-footed animal that lives...of discovering and understanding the platypus was so difficult that it went on for...The first scientific description of the platypus was made from a preserved skin sent back...
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 "USA Today (Magazine)")
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Platypus unlocks evolution's secrets.(Genome Sequencing)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine)
; By any account, the platypus is an odd creature. It has a broad...international effort to sequence the platypus genome. It reveals evolutionary secrets...typical mammal nor reptile. In fact, the platypus is a member of a mammalian species...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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The peculiar platypus.(Editorials)(Genetics confirm what Oregonians knew)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...scientists probed the mysteries of the platypus. We know a few of these odd creatures...Louis, Mo., analyzed the DNA of the platypus. The team's findings, published in the journal Nature, describe the platypus as a bridge between bird and mammal...
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Campfire games.
Magazine article from: Camping Magazine
; ...left an object and saying, This is a platypus. The second player asks, A what? and the first repeats, A platypus. The second player, confusion temporarily...player on his left and says, This is a platypus. Now the confused third player asks...
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Australia's Amazing Animals.
Magazine article from: Science World
; ...Australia, home to creatures like the platypus, the thorny devil, and the koala. How...Museum first laid eyes on a preserved platypus in 1799, he didn't know what it was...the bill off! Even stranger, the female platypus, unlike other mammals (warm-blooded animals...
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PLATYPUS MAKES LONG, UM...SHORT TRIP TO CORVALLIS.(City/Region)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Bye-bye, Platypus. For now. After a 40-something-year absence, the infamous Platypus Trophy of Civil War football lore is...most aren't too sure about it being a platypus. A platypus isn't interesting, said...
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Moyal, Ann. Platypus; the extraordinary story of how a curious creature baffled the world.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt
; MOYAL, Ann. Platypus; the extraordinary story of how a curious creature baffled the world...aborigines about this animal. The reader will learn not only about the platypus, but also the history of science in categorizing living beings. Moyal...
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 "Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)")
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Platypus genome 166m years old.
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)
; ...and mammals has made the duck-billed platypus one of nature's oddest creations, research...to draw up the first blueprint of the platypus genetic code. Published yesterday in...had reptilian features. The duck-billed platypus, a native of Australia, is classified...
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Platypus Ortho Flosser.(product report)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Access
; Paradise Dental Technologies has introduced the Platypus Ortho Flosser orthodontic flossing device. Usually, patients...each tooth, which could take up to 15 minutes. With the Platypus, a patient can floss in about one to two minutes, therefore...
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Thermal effects on embryonic development and hatching for blue king crab Paralithodes platypus (Brandt, 1850) held in the laboratory, and a method for predicting dates of hatching.(Abstract)
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research
; ...embryos of 11 blue king crabs Paralithodes platypus held at 2.3 [+ or -] 0.45, 4.3 [+ or...KEY WORDS: blue king crab, Paralithodes platypus, decapoda, anomura, hatching, embryo...INTRODUCTION Blue king crabs (BKC) Paralithodes platypus (Brandt, 1850) are commercially valuable...
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