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Awesome

#marsupial #australia #platypus

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

Anyway - here are a #platypus, some #orchids and a tree-creeper. #birdsOfMastodon

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.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/11/everyday-items-catching-killing-native-animals-how-to-help-tangled-wildlife
#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

@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

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

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Today’s #platypus sighting, and a monster from the id.
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"What the platypus can teach us about smarter conservation"

#Platypus #Animals #Conservation

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/what-the-platypus-can-teach-us-about-smarter-conservation/

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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!

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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.

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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
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Two ways of looking at a #platypus
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Ghost #platypus #MonotremesOfMastodon

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

SO SWEET!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #platypus #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

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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

A rainbow, black lagoon, and the creature therefrom.

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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

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#Platypus and chicken reveal how chromosomes balance between the sexes

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

#science #evolution #SexChromosomes #birds #SexDetermination #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

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

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

"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

In this video I am looking at some green fountain pens from my collection.

The pens and inks are:
⁃ Kaigelu 316a
⁃ Majohn M800
⁃ Ranga Model 5
⁃ Platypus Model 10
⁃ Sailor ProGear Slim

https://youtu.be/ujKAHQdD-lU

#fountainPenReview #fountainpens #fountainpen #penreview #writing #kaigelu #platypus #range #majohn #moonman #moonmanm800 #sailor #sailorprogear #sailorprogear #siamine #robertoster #robertostersignature #robertostersigniture