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Duck-Billed Platypus facts, photos and message board.
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Duck-Billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) They have a muzzle shaped like the bill of a duck, webbed feet, and a tail like that of a beaver. The bill is not hard like that of a bird. It is actually an elongated muzzle covered with a...Etymology and a reading list.
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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Online Resource Guide: Etymology, Bibliography, Links Image used with kind permission. Kookaburra calls kind permission: Australian National Botanic Gardens. SPECIAL FEATURE: Article on the Platypus from the Penny Magazine, England, 1835 Lo-res version) platypus [mod.L Shaw 1799 Gr. platypous flat-footed platys flat pous foot. Originally the...Rainforest Platypus, photos and text. Courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland, Australia
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! Rainforest Platypus Tropical Rainforest, North Queensland Australia The platypus is considered to be one of the world's most unusual animals. It is often described as a living fossil a furry, warm-blooded, egg-laying mammal which retains some features of reptiles.(Australian Platypus Conservancy) These are an egg laying mammal...Article by Henry Gee about the sleeping patterns of the platypus as compared with other mammals.
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Information, field research trips, first platypus research project in Tropical North Queensland.
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WILDSCAPES SAFARIS Environmental Wildlife Spotlighting Tours FREE Spotlighting Tours Where When How Navigation About Us Tours Platypus Experience Night Wildlife Experience Complete Wildlife Experience Charters Tour Filming Charters Brochures Print Brochures Research Giving Something Back News Info Latest Home French German Spanish Italian Portuguese Operator Undertakes...Information about the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), research, its conservation and protection, and platypus-spotting opportunities. Also offers merchandise for sale.
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Platypus Care A Program of the Australian Platypus Conservancy Site is designed to be navigated using FRAMES, but you may visit the main pages by following the links below, using the BACK command on your browser to return here to look at the other pages, or use the Navigation...