World Wildlife Fund's Gift Catalog - 2008-2009 - (Page 63) Adopt a Duck-Billed Platypus There’s nothing else like it on Earth. The platypus is a river-dwelling mammal with a beak and webbed feet. It even lays eggs, from which the babies, called “puggles,” hatch. New research into these fascinating animals shows the platypus contains genes that are related to reptiles, birds and mammals, all at once. $100 $50 $25 CTPL Adopt a Wombat Wombats are burrowing mammals native only to Australia and Tasmania. Preyed on by dingoes and Tasmanian devils, they escape into their complex tunnel structures. Like kangaroos, wombats are marsupials, carrying their young in a pouch. $100 $50 $25 CTWM FREE with $50 donation or more! Adopt a Tasmanian Devil Tasmanian devils are scavengers and were named for their ferocious growls, which early settlers thought sounded devilish. Tasmanian devils store fat in their tails and so “a fat tail means a healthy devil.” Today, these fascinating marsupials are threatened by disease that could ultimately lead to their extinction. $100 $50 $25 CTTZ Adopt a Kangaroo Look at Australia’s coat of arms, and you’ll see the kangaroo. These longjumping mammals, known for carrying their babies in their pouches, live here and nowhere else. Males are called “jacks,” and females are called “jills,” so it just makes sense that the babies are called “joeys”! $100 $50 $25 CTKG B I O D I V E R S I T Y D O W N U N D E R FREE “Joey” finger puppet included with $50 or more Kangaroo adoption! Visit www.worldwildlife.org/gifts or call toll-free 1-800-CALL WWF 63 http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?cqs=CTPL&sc=AWY0900WCN11 http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?cqs=CTWM&sc=AWY0900WCN11 http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?cqs=CTPL&sc=AWY0900WCN11 http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?cqs=CTWM&sc=AWY0900WCN11 http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?cqs=CTTZ&sc=AWY0900WCN11 http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?cqs=CTKG&sc=AWY0900WCN11 http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/index.cfm?sc=AWY0900WCN11
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