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The local neighbourhood echidna decided to visit my backyard yesterday. They snuffled about an embankment looking for ants. I think that they must have found a few as well. By sitting very still and quiet I was able to get a few close up photos and videos.
I've got a few more but file size is a problem. Can anyone advise some good open source free video editing software?
#Echidna #Monotreme -
The local neighbourhood echidna decided to visit my backyard yesterday. They snuffled about an embankment looking for ants. I think that they must have found a few as well. By sitting very still and quiet I was able to get a few close up photos and videos.
I've got a few more but file size is a problem. Can anyone advise some good open source free video editing software?
#Echidna #Monotreme -
Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, an egg laying mammal, has been rediscovered in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains after being last seen over 60 years ago.
#egglayingmammal #Attenboroughslongbeakedechidna #CyclopsMountains #echidna #longbeakedechidna #extinctanimals #monotreme #animals #animalworld #animalkingdom #jagology
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What a friendly platypus! They seem to be greeting you with a warm welcome! 🦆🦫
#furry #furries #fursona #anthro #anthros #furryart #anthroart #animalart #art #artwork #drawing #fullbody #personalart #platypus #monotreme #MastoArt
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What a friendly platypus! They seem to be greeting you with a warm welcome! 🦆🦫
#furry #furries #fursona #anthro #anthros #furryart #anthroart #animalart #art #artwork #drawing #fullbody #personalart #platypus #monotreme #MastoArt
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Factors contributing directly to platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) mortality and implications for conserving populations in the wild
" Based on details of more than 400 platypus deaths with an identifiable cause recorded since 1989,
five main factors contributed directly to platypus mortalities:drowning in fish nets or enclosed crustacean traps (such as opera house traps),
being killed by predators (especially canids),
becoming accidentally hooked by recreational anglers who then cut the line,
becoming entangled in discarded fishing line or other types of litter and
being hit by motor vehicles... Additional mortality factors included drought, severe flooding, being drawn into irrigation pumps and entrapment in manmade materials or infrastructure.
Disease was implicated as being the likely causal agent in two platypus deaths, including a female that died late in lactation.
Platypus mortalities were recorded throughout the year on the southeastern Australian mainland but peaked in early autumn, when many recently weaned juveniles are likely to be present. Given the very high number of platypus mortalities attributed to the use of fish nets or enclosed crustacean traps, their use should be banned in all waters where platypus population are known to occur. "
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Melody Serena et al., Factors contributing directly to platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) mortality and implications for conserving populations in the wild
January 2025 Australian Mammalogy 47(1)
https://doi.org/10.1071/AM24032
#platypus #rivers #monotreme #wildlife #habitat #conservation #destruction #degradation #NSW #rivers #fishing #entanglement #traps #infrastructure #canids #cars #roads #RoadTrauma #mortality #extinction makers -
Factors contributing directly to platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) mortality and implications for conserving populations in the wild
" Based on details of more than 400 platypus deaths with an identifiable cause recorded since 1989,
five main factors contributed directly to platypus mortalities:drowning in fish nets or enclosed crustacean traps (such as opera house traps),
being killed by predators (especially canids),
becoming accidentally hooked by recreational anglers who then cut the line,
becoming entangled in discarded fishing line or other types of litter and
being hit by motor vehicles... Additional mortality factors included drought, severe flooding, being drawn into irrigation pumps and entrapment in manmade materials or infrastructure.
Disease was implicated as being the likely causal agent in two platypus deaths, including a female that died late in lactation.
Platypus mortalities were recorded throughout the year on the southeastern Australian mainland but peaked in early autumn, when many recently weaned juveniles are likely to be present. Given the very high number of platypus mortalities attributed to the use of fish nets or enclosed crustacean traps, their use should be banned in all waters where platypus population are known to occur. "
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Melody Serena et al., Factors contributing directly to platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) mortality and implications for conserving populations in the wild
January 2025 Australian Mammalogy 47(1)
https://doi.org/10.1071/AM24032
#platypus #rivers #monotreme #wildlife #habitat #conservation #destruction #degradation #NSW #rivers #fishing #entanglement #traps #infrastructure #canids #cars #roads #RoadTrauma #mortality #extinction makers -
@KanaMauna
do you ever think it's funny
that when easter comes around
eggs come from a bunny?
I say layin' eggs
ain't the normal habit
of any normal rabbit
where do they get
those eggs of creme?
have they a secret
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@KanaMauna
do you ever think it's funny
that when easter comes around
eggs come from a bunny?
I say layin' eggs
ain't the normal habit
of any normal rabbit
where do they get
those eggs of creme?
have they a secret
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A young and rather blonde echidna snuffling in the bush.
#photo #happySnap #juvenile #blonde #echidna #knocklofty #KnockloftyReserve #hobart #tasmania #spring #summer #sprummer #monotreme #MonotremesOfMastodon
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@larena
The few I've seen have looked as if they were enjoying themselves.
So far as one mammal can tell in another so distant in clade.
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There's a platypus in our dam so it must be #WebFootWednesday !! It's raining so I only had a little camera with me.
#Platypus #Monotreme #Tasmania #TasmanianMammal #AquaticMammal #Nature #Wildlife
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There's a platypus in our dam so it must be #WebFootWednesday !! It's raining so I only had a little camera with me.
#Platypus #Monotreme #Tasmania #TasmanianMammal #AquaticMammal #Nature #Wildlife
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A lot of people want to talk about echidna beaks (noses) today, so here you go. Echidna snoots!
#Echidna #Nature #Tasmania #TasmanianAnimals #Monotreme #AustralianAnimals #Wildlife
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A lot of people want to talk about echidna beaks (noses) today, so here you go. Echidna snoots!
#Echidna #Nature #Tasmania #TasmanianAnimals #Monotreme #AustralianAnimals #Wildlife
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Echidnas are everywhere are the moment. This one's visited a few times to clean up the ants around an old retaining wall.
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Echidnas are everywhere are the moment. This one's visited a few times to clean up the ants around an old retaining wall.
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The echidnas are very busy at the moment. I saw three yesterday and two today. Some are quite timid and curl up every time the camera's shutter goes off and others don't care at all.
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The echidnas are very busy at the moment. I saw three yesterday and two today. Some are quite timid and curl up every time the camera's shutter goes off and others don't care at all.
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Recensie: Stumbleine – Deleted Scene ★★★
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More monotreme news! 🤩
#Monotreme #Platypus #Echidna #Paleontology #AustralianHistory
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More monotreme news! 🤩
#Monotreme #Platypus #Echidna #Paleontology #AustralianHistory
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We talked about our fascinating Platypus in Ep 19 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧
But the controversy continues it seems…. 🤓
#platypus #AustralianFauna #AustralianHistory #AustralianAnimals #monotreme
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We talked about our fascinating Platypus in Ep 19 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧
But the controversy continues it seems…. 🤓
#platypus #AustralianFauna #AustralianHistory #AustralianAnimals #monotreme
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We talked about our fascinating Platypus in Ep 19 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧
But the controversy continues it seems…. 🤓
#platypus #AustralianFauna #AustralianHistory #AustralianAnimals #monotreme
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We talked about our fascinating Platypus in Ep 19 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧
But the controversy continues it seems…. 🤓
#platypus #AustralianFauna #AustralianHistory #AustralianAnimals #monotreme
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We talked about our fascinating Platypus in Ep 19 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧
But the controversy continues it seems…. 🤓
#platypus #AustralianFauna #AustralianHistory #AustralianAnimals #monotreme
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And in other aquatic mammal news
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Captive (rescue) platypus in a tank, swimming.
This active female platypus was busy swimming around the tank, diving to the bottom to look for worms, etc.
Not the best of shots, low light, shooting through wet glass, but they look ok, and she was fascinating to watch.#tassie2023 #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #monotreme #platypus
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Captive (rescue) platypus in a tank, swimming.
This active female platypus was busy swimming around the tank, diving to the bottom to look for worms, etc.
Not the best of shots, low light, shooting through wet glass, but they look ok, and she was fascinating to watch.#tassie2023 #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #monotreme #platypus
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While on Bruny Island, we found a second echidna (this one was on the side of the road towards the north end of the island).
There was nowhere safe to stop, so this is shot from within the car, poking the camera out the window.
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While on Bruny Island, we found a second echidna (this one was on the side of the road towards the north end of the island).
There was nowhere safe to stop, so this is shot from within the car, poking the camera out the window.
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On the last day in Tasmania, we went platypus hunting again, this time at the Tasmanian Arboretum which is known to have platypus in their lake. Apparently there are 5 or 6 in there, but we only saw 2, however, the two we saw had a bit of a fight right in front of us.
In 2 of these shots you can see the chase before the fight, and the other two are of the platypus that was chased before it all happened.#platypus #monotreme #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #tassie2023
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On the last day in Tasmania, we went platypus hunting again, this time at the Tasmanian Arboretum which is known to have platypus in their lake. Apparently there are 5 or 6 in there, but we only saw 2, however, the two we saw had a bit of a fight right in front of us.
In 2 of these shots you can see the chase before the fight, and the other two are of the platypus that was chased before it all happened.#platypus #monotreme #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #tassie2023
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#Attenborough’s Long-Beaked #Echidna Rediscovered After 60 Year-Absence to Science
https://www.sci.news/biology/attenboroughs-long-beaked-echidna-12439.html"First described from a single damaged specimen in the 1960s, the #AttenboroughsLongBeakedEchidna is a #monotreme, a distinct group of egg-laying #mammals that includes the #platypus... The #animal is so special because it is one of only five remaining species of #monotremes, the sole guardians of this remarkable branch of the tree of life."
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#Attenborough’s Long-Beaked #Echidna Rediscovered After 60 Year-Absence to Science
https://www.sci.news/biology/attenboroughs-long-beaked-echidna-12439.html"First described from a single damaged specimen in the 1960s, the #AttenboroughsLongBeakedEchidna is a #monotreme, a distinct group of egg-laying #mammals that includes the #platypus... The #animal is so special because it is one of only five remaining species of #monotremes, the sole guardians of this remarkable branch of the tree of life."
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Today we relocated to Launceston for the final few days before heading back to the mainland.
Since we hadn't yet found a platypus, we set out to do so. I can now confirm Tasmanian Platypus come out in the middle of the day (not just dawn/dusk/night) and are indeed slightly bigger than the mainland ones.
#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Platypus #monotreme #marsupial #tassie2023
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I found the fluffiest echidna on the side of the road yesterday.
It was very busy digging for ants, but I waited until it got its face out of the dirt.
Tasmanian Echidnas have evolved to grow more fur to cater for the colder climate. Clearly it is regularly quite cold on Bruny Island.
#echidna #ShortBeakedEchidna #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #tassie2023 #monotreme #marsupial
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On the way back from Triabunna (the port whence the Maria Island cruise docked), I passed three echidnas on the side of the road, but there was nowhere to stop, so when I saw the fourth, and there was somewhere to stop, I stopped.
I took some photos & encouraged it to not stray on the road.
Tassie echidnas have a lot more fur compared to the ones on the mainland due to the much colder temps here.
#monotreme #marsupial #ShortBeakedEchidna #echidna #tassie2023 #AustralianWildlife #WildOz
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The warmer weather means echidnas are wandering about in the daytime again. This one wandered straight towards me and got quite close before deciding to change direction.
#Tasmania #TasmanianForest #Wildlife #Nature #Echidna #Monotreme