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Description - Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials by Andrew Baker

Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect eaters to theformidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials offers rare insight into the history andhabits of these creatures from their discovery by intrepid explorers and scientists to their unique life cyclesand incredible ways of hunting prey. 

Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials contains a guide to the world's 136 living species of carnivorousmarsupials and is packed with never-before-seen photos. Biogeography, relationships and conservation arealso covered in detail. Readers are taken on a journey through remote Australia, the Americas and dark,mysterious New Guinea some of the last truly wild places on Earth. The book describes frenzied matingsessions, minuscule mammals that catch prey far larger than themselves, and extinct predators includingmarsupial lions, wolves and even sabre-toothed kangaroos.

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