The Echidna. Australia's Enigma by RISMILLER, Dr Peggy - 1999

[New York]: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. [New York], Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1999. Small square quarto; blind-stamped brown papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. 'A hundred years ago, echidnas were frequently roasted and eaten by Kangaroo Island's early settlers wanting a dietary change from fish, wallaby and Kangaroo. Today these mysterious and silent spiky creatures are being studied in intimate detail at a unique scientific research station which has been established on the north east side of Kangaroo Island. The work carried out at the Pelican Lagoon Research and Wildlife Centre by resident scientists Dr. Peggy Rismiller and partner Mike McKelvey has earned Kangaroo Island a worldwide reputation as an unpolluted and virtually pristine place in which to study flora and fauna in its natural environment. Peggy's echidna television documentary has now been screened in more than 45 countries around the world to an audience of possibly 60 million people' (Pelican Lagoon Research & Wildlife Centre website).