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Chasing Kangaroos

Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature, is a 2007 book (ISBN 978-0802118523) by Professor Tim Flannery. The book draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to explore Australia's kangaroos. Seventy species make up the kangaroo family, which includes wallabies and rat-kangaroos.

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Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature
AuthorTim Fridtjof Flannery
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGrove Press
Publication date2007
ISBN9780802118523

Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature, is a 2007 book (ISBN 978-0802118523)1 by Professor Tim Flannery. The book draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to explore Australia's kangaroos. Seventy species make up the kangaroo family, which includes wallabies and rat-kangaroos.2

Professor Tim Flannery is also author of The Weather Makers, which received much critical acclaim.3

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  1. Flannery, Tim Fridtjof (2007). Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-1852-3.
  2. "A Zoologist With a Pouch of Stories (Published 2007)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22.
  3. "Flannery takes top gong at Premier's Literary Awards" ABC News Online 23 May 2006