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  1. Yesterday’s #platypus, today’s #flood by the Kiewa River, and this afternoon’s light.

  2. Death trap: Killing Australian wildlife with everyday items

    "Flying foxes make up two-thirds of all entanglement cases in NSW"

    "But it’s not just flying foxes – entanglements affect hundreds of different species, mostly mammals and birds, including kangaroos, platypus, raptors and gliders....Hungry animals, especially flying foxes, birds and possums, are attracted to flowers and fruits, and get easily caught in “large-aperture” nets, where the mesh size is greater than 5mm. The rule of thumb is that if you can poke a finger through it, it’s not safe for wildlife."

    "Aquatic debris makes up about 10% of entanglement cases, according to NSW wildlife rescue data. Fishing line is probably the most difficult type of litter for platypus to cope with, and causes horrendous injuries – it basically just cuts through the skin.” >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #biodiversity #wildlife #bats #birds #platypus #traps #entanglement #fencing #netting #FishingGear #Plastic #garbage #BarbedWire #fences #Hairties #fruit #food #gardens
    Image: Grey-headed flying foxes mosaic, Bellingen

  3. @frankashwood

    Would that be a venom, then?

    Not many venomous mammals. There's the Platypus, with a venomous spur on his thigh; some Shrews I gather; and the Slow Loris with really bad armpits.

    Any others. people?

    #venom #mammal #toxin #Platypus #mole

  4. Today’s #platypus was a bit of a disappointment - a long way off and facing directly towards me, so you’ll just have to believe me.
    #MonotremesOfMastodon

  5. I will never get tired of this. Have been visiting this creek for over twenty years. #platypus

  6. 2/
    They aren't just floating; they are actively navigating, surveying the riverbank, and processing a world of sensory input (especially with that incredibly sophisticated electro-receptive bill working just beneath the surface).

    It’s always a treat when a wildlife photograph manages to capture the actual awareness of the subject, rather than just treating it like a passive object in a landscape. Beautifully spotted!

    #platypus

  7. Platypuses are often depicted as these bumbling, awkward, patchwork curiosities of evolution, but when you see them in their element, it’s a completely different story.

    That single, clear eye tracking above the waterline shows an animal that is intensely aware of its surroundings. Alex Wheeler captured that perfectly—there’s a quiet, calculating focus there.

    #platypus

  8. A Natural Wetsuit
    The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a two‑layered fur for maintaining thermal homeostasis in Tasmania’s cold, freshwater environments. Its outer coat consists of tightly packed guard hairs rich in natural oils that provide water resistance. Beneath this lies a layer of fine, wool‑like underfur that traps a stable layer of air against the skin. Together, these layers form effective thermal insulation.
    Photograph: Alex Wheeler

    #photography
    #Tasmania
    #platypus
    #AltText

  9. ✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

    SO SWEET!

    Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

    #happy #platypus #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

  10. 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."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/pla
    #water #rivers #freshwater #ecosystems #pollution #biodiversity #platypus #monotremes #coal #FossilFuels #mining #energy #NSW #Sydney #values #extractivism #regulation

  11. 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

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

  13. 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

  14. "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)

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

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    Animal Kingdom

    Domain Eukaryota #Eukaryotes
    Kingdom Animalia #Animals
    Subdivision Bilateria BilateralSymmetry
    Phyla Nephrozoa
    Superphylum Deuterostomia
    Phylum Chordata Chordates
    Subphylum Vertebrata (Craniate)
    Superclass Agnatha
    Jawless Fish #Lamprey #Hagfish
    Infraphylum Gnathostomata
    Jawed Vertbrates
    Superclass Tetrapoda
    Class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fish #Sharks #Skates #Rays
    Class Osteichthyes Bony Vertebrates
    Subclass Actinoptetygii Ray-finned fish #Sturgeon Paddlefish Bowfin Gars
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    Order Monotremata (#Monotremes) #Platypus #Echidna
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    Infraclass Placentalia
    Clade Atlantogenata
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    Order Pilosa #Anteaters #Sloths
    SuperOrder Afrotheria
    Clade Afroinsectiphilia
    Order Afrosoricda GoldenMoles OtterShrews Tenrecs
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    Clade Paenungulata
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    Order Sirenia #Dugongs #Manatees
    Magnorder Boreoeutheria
    SuperOrder Euarchontoglires
    Clade Gliriformes
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    Order Lagomorha #Hares #Pikas #Rabbits
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    Order Scandentia TreeShrews
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    Order Dermoptera Colugos
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    Class Arachnida #Mites #Scorpions #Spiders
    Subphylum Myriapoda
    Class Diplopoda #Millipedes
    Class Chilopoda #Centipedes
    Subphylum Hexapoda
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    Subclass Apterygota Primitive wingless insects with incomplete metamorphosis
    Order Archaeogantha hump-backed/jumping Bristletails
    Order Zygentoma #Silverfish Firebrats Fishmoths
    Subclass Palaeoptera Primitive winged insects, with their wings held upright or outstretched at rest and incomplete metamorphosis
    Order Ephemeroptera #Mayflies
    Order Odanata #Dragonflies #Damselflies
    Subclass Polyneoptera Winged insects, with a broad, fan-like extension to their hind wings, and incomplete metamorphosis
    Order Orthoptera BushCrickets #Crickets #Grasshoppers #Locusts
    Order Phasmida #StickInsects
    Order Plecoptera Stoneflies
    Order Dermaptera #Earwigs
    Order Blattodea #Cockroaches #Termites
    Order Embioptera Webspinners
    Order Grylloblatteria Rockcrawlers
    Order Mantophasmatodea Prayingmantids Walkingsticks
    Order Zoraptera AngelInsects
    Subclass Paraneoptera Higher insects, with mostly incomplete metamorphosis, where a nymph generally resembles the adult
    Order Hemiptera #Truebugs
    SubOrder Auchenorrhyncha #Cicadas #Leafhoppers #Planthoppers #Treehoppers Spittlebugs
    SubOrder Heteroptera
    InfraOrder Cimicomorpha #BedBugs BatBugs AssassinBugs PirateBugs
    InfraOrder Dipsocoromorpha
    InfraOrder Inicocephaloidea
    InfraOrder Gerromorpha WaterStriders
    InfraOrder Leptopodomorpha ShoreBugs SpinyShoreBugs
    InfraOrder Nepomorpha True WaterBugs
    InfraOrder Peloridimorpha
    InfraOrder Pentatomomorpha #StinkBugs FlatBugs SeedBugs
    SubOrder Sternorhyncha #Aphids ScaleInsects Whiteflies
    Order Phthiraptera sucking & biting #Lice
    Order Psocoptera Booklice Barklice
    Order Thysanoptera #Thrips
    Subclass Endopterygota Higher insects, with a clear metamorphosis from larva via a pupa to adult, also called Holometabola
    Order Coleoptera #Beetles
    Order Diptera true #Flies
    Order Hymenoptera #Ants #Bees #Wasps
    Order Lepidoptera #Butterflies #Moths
    Order Mecoptera Scorpionflies
    Order Megaloptera Alderflies
    Order Neuroptera Lacewings
    Order Siphonaptera #Fleas
    Order Raphidioptera Snakeflies
    Order Strepsiptera Twistegwingflies
    Order Trichoptera Caddisflies Sedgeflies

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