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Researchers want help to locate and protect elusive platypus populations – ABC News
Platypus may well be “elusive with few relations and fewer friends” as the famous Banjo Paterson poem suggests, but researchers are encouraging people to seek them…
The platypus may well be “elusive with few relations and fewer friends” as the famous Banjo Paterson poem suggests, but some current-day platypus devotees are encouraging people to seek them out.
Key points:
- Platypus habitat across eastern Australia has shrunk by 22 per cent over the past 30 years
- Scientists are encouraging people to record platypus sightings to help them protect the population
- The best time to spot a platypus is early morning or in the evening
The well-known monotreme is categorised…
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