#monotremes — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦔🍼 A short beaked #echidna at the #SanDiegoZoo Safari Park gave birth to two #puggles in one season, a rarity for #monotremes.

One puggle is raised naturally while the other, which struggled to gain weight, is hand reared by veterinarians with #ultrasound monitoring. Echidna #puggles start life weighing about 350 mg – that's less than half a mini-marshmallow!

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/baby-echidnas-san-diego/

#sandiego #zoo #animals #mammals #australia #wildlife #science #veterinary #reproduction #nature #eggs

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦔🍼 A short beaked #echidna at the #SanDiegoZoo Safari Park gave birth to two #puggles in one season, a rarity for #monotremes.

One puggle is raised naturally while the other, which struggled to gain weight, is hand reared by veterinarians with #ultrasound monitoring. Echidna #puggles start life weighing about 350 mg – that's less than half a mini-marshmallow!

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/baby-echidnas-san-diego/

#sandiego #zoo #animals #mammals #australia #wildlife #science #veterinary #reproduction #nature #eggs

Marsupials are not just unusual mammals sitting at the edge of the placental family, but they're an entire branch of that mammalian evolutionary history.

 #marsupials #monotremes #evolution #animalfacts #science

Marsupials are not just unusual mammals sitting at the edge of the placental family, but they're an entire branch of that mammalian evolutionary history.

 #marsupials #monotremes #evolution #animalfacts #science

Platypuses need threatened species recognition in NSW, researcher says

"The species was only "hanging on, not thriving" in NSW and the Murray-Darling Basin."

"There's no state or national monitoring framework for platypuses...Dr Bino said platypuses had survived Australia's natural cycles for millions of years, but were now struggling to adapt to human-driven changes. We've been disrupting the natural flow regime and fragmenting and isolating platypus populations."

"Platypus are pretty much wiped out from the mainland in South Australia. They used to occur all along the Murray but that's no longer the case." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/platypuses-should-be-threatened-species-in-nsw-researcher-says/106520128
#platypuses #conservation #habitat #rivers #NSW #monotremes #MDB #ThreatenedSpecies #biodiversity #water #pollution #sprawl #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #runoff #drowning #WipeoutAU

Platypuses need threatened species recognition in NSW, researcher says

"The species was only "hanging on, not thriving" in NSW and the Murray-Darling Basin."

"There's no state or national monitoring framework for platypuses...Dr Bino said platypuses had survived Australia's natural cycles for millions of years, but were now struggling to adapt to human-driven changes. We've been disrupting the natural flow regime and fragmenting and isolating platypus populations."

"Platypus are pretty much wiped out from the mainland in South Australia. They used to occur all along the Murray but that's no longer the case." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/platypuses-should-be-threatened-species-in-nsw-researcher-says/106520128
#platypuses #conservation #habitat #rivers #NSW #monotremes #MDB #ThreatenedSpecies #biodiversity #water #pollution #sprawl #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #runoff #drowning #WipeoutAU

When clearing your paddock with an excavator
or bulldozing your garden
or doing your renovation with a bobcat
or burning heaps or mulch piles
or letting your dogs off leash -

Keep an eye out for echidna puggles in burrows.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-03/watch-out-for-puggle-burrows/106123746
#wildlife #monotremes #echidnas #sprawl #pets #biodiversity #climate

When clearing your paddock with an excavator
or bulldozing your garden
or doing your renovation with a bobcat
or burning heaps or mulch piles
or letting your dogs off leash -

Keep an eye out for echidna puggles in burrows.
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-03/watch-out-for-puggle-burrows/106123746
#wildlife #monotremes #echidnas #sprawl #pets #biodiversity #climate

just listened to a new episode by @KateShaw , about the sugar glider, the quokka, the thylacine, and the platypus

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/11/10/episode-458-the-tasmanian-tiger-and-friends/

#marsupials
#monotremes
#quokka
#thylacine
#sugarGlider

just listened to a new episode by @KateShaw , about the sugar glider, the quokka, the thylacine, and the platypus

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/11/10/episode-458-the-tasmanian-tiger-and-friends/

#marsupials
#monotremes
#quokka
#thylacine
#sugarGlider

Platypus in toxic brine
Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

"If there's a polluted waterway and it doesn't have yabbies and mayflies and dragonflies … you've lost the food source of the platypus. There are no platypus in that section of the Cox's now because it is heavily polluted with salt and other metal pollutants."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/platypus-vanish-from-charles-darwin-evolution-river/105752248
#water #rivers #freshwater #ecosystems #pollution #biodiversity #platypus #monotremes #coal #FossilFuels #mining #energy #NSW #Sydney #values #extractivism #regulation

Platypus in toxic brine
Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

"If there's a polluted waterway and it doesn't have yabbies and mayflies and dragonflies … you've lost the food source of the platypus. There are no platypus in that section of the Cox's now because it is heavily polluted with salt and other metal pollutants."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/platypus-vanish-from-charles-darwin-evolution-river/105752248
#water #rivers #freshwater #ecosystems #pollution #biodiversity #platypus #monotremes #coal #FossilFuels #mining #energy #NSW #Sydney #values #extractivism #regulation

now listening to @KateShaw talk about mysterious animals that leave snout-pokes with electricity-sensing snouts ... yes, that's right, echidnas!

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/06/30/episode-439-the-missing-echidna/

#mammals
#echidna
#monotremes

now listening to @KateShaw talk about mysterious animals that leave snout-pokes with electricity-sensing snouts ... yes, that's right, echidnas!

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/06/30/episode-439-the-missing-echidna/

#mammals
#echidna
#monotremes

A rainbow, black lagoon, and the creature therefrom.

#platypus #monotremes

A rainbow, black lagoon, and the creature therefrom.

#platypus #monotremes

Daily #platypus

#monotremes #wildoz

Daily #platypus

#monotremes #wildoz

Today’s #platypus #monotremes

Today’s #platypus #monotremes

Some wildlife

#MacropodsOfMastodon #monotremes #ducks

Some wildlife

#MacropodsOfMastodon #monotremes #ducks

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #160: Platypuses glow in UV light and we don't know why 🤔
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#platypus #monotremes #australia #wtf #butwhytho #glowinthedark #strangebuttrue #trivia #didyouknow #animals #bizarre #nature #biology #webcomic #comic #animals #funfacts #facts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #160: Platypuses glow in UV light and we don't know why 🤔
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#platypus #monotremes #australia #wtf #butwhytho #glowinthedark #strangebuttrue #trivia #didyouknow #animals #bizarre #nature #biology #webcomic #comic #animals #funfacts #facts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Shark Barfs Up A Spiky Echidna In Front Of Surprised Scientists

"How did a tiger shark in northern Australian waters swallow a terrestrial monotreme in the first place?"

by @grrlscientist via @medium

#shark #Australia #ecology #MarineBiology #monotremes #SciComm https://medium.com/gardening-birding-and-outdoor-adventure/shark-barfs-up-a-spiky-echidna-in-front-of-surprised-scientists-bf661616ed5b

Waterways contaminated with "forever chemicals"
The fate of Bellingen's platypuses

"An Australian-first study found perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in the liver of deceased platypuses collected from numerous rivers in eastern NSW. PFOS is toxic to humans and has been linked to some cancers."

"Scientists from Western Sydney University (WSU) have discovered perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in the livers of eight deceased platypuses collected from numerous eastern NSW rivers, from the north coast in Bellingen to the alps of Jindabyne."

"All eight wild platypuses collected from NSW waterways over the past two and a half years returned results with concentrations of some PFOS in them, ranging from 4 micrograms per kilogram (µg/kg) to 1,200 µg/kg — some of the highest concentrations of any species in the world."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/australia-first-study-finds-forever-chemicals-in-platypuses/104244072

Platypus Survival - Inspired by True Events
https://bellingenarea.blogspot.com/2023/11/platypus-survival-inspired-by-true.html
#platypuses #Bellingen #rivers #creeks #water #NSW #PFOS #pollution #sentinels #PerfluorooctaneSulfonate #FirefightingFoam #contamination #monotremes #wildlife #chemical #FoodChain #MidNorthCoast

Waterways contaminated with "forever chemicals"
The fate of Bellingen's platypuses

"An Australian-first study found perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in the liver of deceased platypuses collected from numerous rivers in eastern NSW. PFOS is toxic to humans and has been linked to some cancers."

"Scientists from Western Sydney University (WSU) have discovered perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in the livers of eight deceased platypuses collected from numerous eastern NSW rivers, from the north coast in Bellingen to the alps of Jindabyne."

"All eight wild platypuses collected from NSW waterways over the past two and a half years returned results with concentrations of some PFOS in them, ranging from 4 micrograms per kilogram (µg/kg) to 1,200 µg/kg — some of the highest concentrations of any species in the world."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/australia-first-study-finds-forever-chemicals-in-platypuses/104244072

Platypus Survival - Inspired by True Events
https://bellingenarea.blogspot.com/2023/11/platypus-survival-inspired-by-true.html
#platypuses #Bellingen #rivers #creeks #water #NSW #PFOS #pollution #sentinels #PerfluorooctaneSulfonate #FirefightingFoam #contamination #monotremes #wildlife #chemical #FoodChain #MidNorthCoast

30-JUL-2024
#Platypus and chicken reveal how chromosomes balance between the sexes

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053015

#science #evolution #SexChromosomes #birds #SexDetermination #monotremes

30-JUL-2024
#Platypus and chicken reveal how chromosomes balance between the sexes

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053015

#science #evolution #SexChromosomes #birds #SexDetermination #monotremes

#monotremes

From 07 Jun: Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth - Enlarge / The echidna, an egg-laying mammal, doesn’t develop teeth.Yvonne Van der Horst ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/bizarre-egg-laying-mammals-once-ruled-australia-then-lost-their-teeth/ #biology #echidna #evolution #fossils #monotremes #paleontology #platypus #science

From 07 Jun: Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth - Enlarge / The echidna, an egg-laying mammal, doesn’t develop teeth.Yvonne Van der Horst ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/bizarre-egg-laying-mammals-once-ruled-australia-then-lost-their-teeth/ #biology #echidna #evolution #fossils #monotremes #paleontology #platypus #science

Another photo of the platypus. This one shows the layer of air between its fur/skin and the water, keeping it warm, dry and bouyant.

#Platypus #Tasmania #Monotremes #Mammals #Australia #Nature #Waterways

Another photo of the platypus. This one shows the layer of air between its fur/skin and the water, keeping it warm, dry and bouyant.

#Platypus #Tasmania #Monotremes #Mammals #Australia #Nature #Waterways

Platybutt!

#Platypus #Tasmania #Monotremes #Mammals #Australia #Nature #Waterways

Platybutt!

#Platypus #Tasmania #Monotremes #Mammals #Australia #Nature #Waterways

Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth - Enlarge / The echidna, an egg-laying mammal, doesn't develop teeth. (cr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029837 #paleontology #monotremes #evolution #platypus #science #biology #echidna #fossils

Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth - Enlarge / The echidna, an egg-laying mammal, doesn't develop teeth. (cr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029837 #paleontology #monotremes #evolution #platypus #science #biology #echidna #fossils

We have a little resident platypus living in our creek.😍 This week, we've seen it twice during the day and captured it on trailcam every night.

#Platypus #Tasmania #Monotremes #Mammals #Australia #Nature #Waterways

We have a little resident platypus living in our creek.😍 This week, we've seen it twice during the day and captured it on trailcam every night.

#Platypus #Tasmania #Monotremes #Mammals #Australia #Nature #Waterways

New #fossils provide evidence for an 'Age of Monotremes' https://phys.org/news/2024-05-fossils-evidence-age-monotremes.html

A diverse assemblage of monotremes (Monotremata) from the Cenomanian Lightning Ridge fauna of New South Wales, Australia https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753

"Today, #Australia is known as a land of #marsupials, but discovering these new fossils is the first indication that Australia was previously home to a diversity of #monotremes. It's like discovering a whole new civilization"

New #fossils provide evidence for an 'Age of Monotremes' https://phys.org/news/2024-05-fossils-evidence-age-monotremes.html

A diverse assemblage of monotremes (Monotremata) from the Cenomanian Lightning Ridge fauna of New South Wales, Australia https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753

"Today, #Australia is known as a land of #marsupials, but discovering these new fossils is the first indication that Australia was previously home to a diversity of #monotremes. It's like discovering a whole new civilization"

‘Enormously exciting’ #fossils found in #NSW opal field suggest #Australia had ‘age of #monotremes’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/27/enormously-exciting-fossils-found-in-nsw-opal-field-suggest-australia-had-age-of-monotremes #science #palaeontology #paleontology #biology #zoology

‘Enormously exciting’ #fossils found in #NSW opal field suggest #Australia had ‘age of #monotremes’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/27/enormously-exciting-fossils-found-in-nsw-opal-field-suggest-australia-had-age-of-monotremes #science #palaeontology #paleontology #biology #zoology

"Opalios splendens sits on a place in the evolutionary tree prior to the evolution of the common ancestor of the #monotremes we have today. Its overall anatomy is probably quite like the #platypus, but with features of the jaw and snout a bit more like an echidna – you might call it an ‘echidnapus’,” Professor Helgen said." (DOI not active yet)

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1045914

"Opalios splendens sits on a place in the evolutionary tree prior to the evolution of the common ancestor of the #monotremes we have today. Its overall anatomy is probably quite like the #platypus, but with features of the jaw and snout a bit more like an echidna – you might call it an ‘echidnapus’,” Professor Helgen said." (DOI not active yet)

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1045914

#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."

#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."

9-Nov-2023
Found at last: Bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years - Attenborough's long-beaked #echidna

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1007577 #science #conservation #zoology #monotremes

9-Nov-2023
Found at last: Bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years - Attenborough's long-beaked #echidna

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1007577 #science #conservation #zoology #monotremes

Look at that face! Little #echidna friend visited us this evening #Tachyglossus #monotremes #AustralianMammals

thinking about #monotremes again

https://mastodon.social/@krssctt/110259420130529525

Working hard to make the platypus extinct ..
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-14/platypus-are-in-crisis-and-need-our-help/102567630
#monotremes #platypus #fur #rivers #pollution #rubbish #entanglements #dogs #mauling #pets #habitat #extinction makers