crakes

[(John Leonard)]

And of course the shyness.abundance thing does depend on where in the range
of the species you are. On some sub-Antarctic islands where Lewin's Rail is
the top terrestrial predator they wander around in daylight right out in the
open and appear to be unafraid of humans.



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Dr John Leonard
PO Box 243, Woden,
ACT 2606, AUSTRALIA

'The pavement-coloured dog
Sniffs the pavement-kerb.'
                    Robert Graves


http://spirit.net.au/~jleonard
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