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Retired GP spends months trying to save a single platypus
Monday February 15, 2021
Ian Gibbs didn’t hesitate to take a few snaps when he spotted a platypus on one of his nature walks. When he examined the photos later, he knew something had to be done.
Ian Gibbs is using camera traps to try and locate the burrow of the tangled platypus. Photo: ABC
A chance encounter with a platypus in a Far North Queensland creek has led the retired GP on a months-long quest to free it from its plastic bonds.
Gibbs, 79, spotted the monotreme in December 2020 during one of his frequent walks along Peterson’s Creek, south-west of Cairns on the outskirts of…
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