Platypus

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Wildlife Queensland needs help to name the platypus

Maleny Chocolate Co.’s new chocolate platypus needs a name, and Wildlife Queensland want you to choose it! The Maleny Chocolate Platypus is a delightful creation that pays homage to our town’s cherished unofficial mascot, said Maleny Chocolate Co. owner Troy Wainwright. Maleny Chocolate Co. is generously donating 10% of all chocolate platypus sales to Wildlife Queensland PlatypusWatch. Find out more about the new chocolate platypus....

This September the focus is on ….. Platypus watch

This September, Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch is partnering with the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) to promote platypus conservation. The aquatic, egg-laying platypus is one of Australia’s most bizarre and iconic mammals. Unfortunately, its habitat in Queensland has shrunk by 27 per cent over 30 years, and its numbers are declining. To counteract these threats, PlatypusWatch is a community-based program that raises awareness of platypus conservation and gathers population data from Queensland waterways so researchers can identify where actions are needed —...

All about… platypus

A Question Hidden in the Platypus Genome: Are We the Weird Ones? From The New York Times When the British zoologist George Shaw first encountered a platypus specimen in 1799, he was so befuddled that he checked for stitches, thinking someone might be trying to trick him with a Frankencreature. It’s hard to blame him: What other animal has a rubbery bill, ankle spikes full of venom, luxurious fur that glows under black light and a tendency to lay eggs? Centuries later, we’re still...