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Meet the super dogs, hero rats and cyborg bees keeping our environment safe.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Section 1: Alert but not alarmed – Border patrol and sentinel animals, working to keep out pests and diseases
  • 1. Noses on legs – On the beat with the cheeky quarantine beagles of Hobart Airport
  • 2. The ants go marching – Welsh spaniel Rhys Jones sniffs out Argentine ants in New Zealand’s Treasured Islands
  • 3. Eternally vigilant – Tama the terrier works to keep Antarctica and its islands rodent free
  • Section 2: Trackers and scouts – animals who sniff out trouble
  • 4. Three noses are better than one – the detection dog team working to track down foxes on Phillip Island
  • 5. Cat dog! Clay the terrier and the invisible cat of Tasman Island
  • 6. Botanist puppies of the Mount Kosciusko National Park – going where no Australian detection dog has gone before!
  • 7. Blossom: hero-rat – healing landscapes scarred by landmines
  • Section 3: Eating the enemy – animals who make a meal out of environmental problems
  • 8. When greed is good – Eco Goats use their super-stomachs to make a meal of environmental weeds
  • 9. An acquired taste – how understanding cow cultures can help protect rangeland ecosystems
  • 10. Putting back the pieces – in welcoming sugar gliders back to the land, a Bega farmer is also protecting his trees and pastures
  • 11. Micro-wasps vs. yellow crazy ants – can these tiny insects save an entire island ecosystem from collapse?
  • Section 4: To serve and protect – animal eco-warriors standing up for native animals and ecosystems
  • 12. Maya, koala habitat detection dog – proving the science of detection dog work, one poo at a time!
  • 13. Rein – threatened species detection dog, and the rarest kiwis of them all
  • 14. Guardian dogs to the rescue! – How some big fluffy white dogs are saving the small fluffy penguins of Middle Island
  • Section 5: Researchers, educators, diplomats and activists – animals working to inform and inspire humanity in the quest to save our shared environments
  • 15. Beneath the ice – Elephant seals go deep to help scientists track our changing climate
  • 16. The Internet of Stings – An international network of cyborg bees, helping scientists decode environmental change
  • 17. Sirocco the Kakapo, V.I.P. – Very Important Parrot, social media superstar and ambassador for his species
  • Glossary

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    A Paperback / softback by Nic Gill

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      Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/2017
      ISBN13: 9781486306213, 978-1486306213
      ISBN10: 1486306217

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Meet the super dogs, hero rats and cyborg bees keeping our environment safe.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Section 1: Alert but not alarmed – Border patrol and sentinel animals, working to keep out pests and diseases
      • 1. Noses on legs – On the beat with the cheeky quarantine beagles of Hobart Airport
      • 2. The ants go marching – Welsh spaniel Rhys Jones sniffs out Argentine ants in New Zealand’s Treasured Islands
      • 3. Eternally vigilant – Tama the terrier works to keep Antarctica and its islands rodent free
      • Section 2: Trackers and scouts – animals who sniff out trouble
      • 4. Three noses are better than one – the detection dog team working to track down foxes on Phillip Island
      • 5. Cat dog! Clay the terrier and the invisible cat of Tasman Island
      • 6. Botanist puppies of the Mount Kosciusko National Park – going where no Australian detection dog has gone before!
      • 7. Blossom: hero-rat – healing landscapes scarred by landmines
      • Section 3: Eating the enemy – animals who make a meal out of environmental problems
      • 8. When greed is good – Eco Goats use their super-stomachs to make a meal of environmental weeds
      • 9. An acquired taste – how understanding cow cultures can help protect rangeland ecosystems
      • 10. Putting back the pieces – in welcoming sugar gliders back to the land, a Bega farmer is also protecting his trees and pastures
      • 11. Micro-wasps vs. yellow crazy ants – can these tiny insects save an entire island ecosystem from collapse?
      • Section 4: To serve and protect – animal eco-warriors standing up for native animals and ecosystems
      • 12. Maya, koala habitat detection dog – proving the science of detection dog work, one poo at a time!
      • 13. Rein – threatened species detection dog, and the rarest kiwis of them all
      • 14. Guardian dogs to the rescue! – How some big fluffy white dogs are saving the small fluffy penguins of Middle Island
      • Section 5: Researchers, educators, diplomats and activists – animals working to inform and inspire humanity in the quest to save our shared environments
      • 15. Beneath the ice – Elephant seals go deep to help scientists track our changing climate
      • 16. The Internet of Stings – An international network of cyborg bees, helping scientists decode environmental change
      • 17. Sirocco the Kakapo, V.I.P. – Very Important Parrot, social media superstar and ambassador for his species
      • Glossary

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