Gordon Grigg enjoyed a career as an academic
zoologist who managed to spend a lot of time working in the field.
After education in Queensland, Australia and at the University of
Oregon, USA he had 20 years at the University of Sydney, Australia
and then 20 years at the University of Queensland, Australia where
he is now an Emeritus Professor. His primary research interests are
in vertebrate zoology, particularly the thermal, respiratory,
cardiovascular and salt and water balance physiology and ecology of
reptiles and, through work on echidnas, the evolution of
endothermy. He has authored or co-authored nearly 200 peer-reviewed
publications of which more than a quarter are on crocodylians.
David Kirshner developed a fascination with
crocodylians at a very young age, despite growing up in Canada.
Consequently, after completing an honours degree in zoology he
undertook a PhD on crocodylian buoyancy control in Australia, where
he still resides. He later combined his interest in zoology with a
passion for drawing, painting and photographing wildlife, working
as a wildlife illustrator for several years before settling into
his current career in zoo and aquarium interpretation. He has
illustrated several books on wildlife.
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