It’s hard to believe that when the Duchess of Cornwall and York visited Tasmania in 1901, debate raged over whether she should be presented with a rug of platypus fur or, alternatively, that of the black brush tail possum. 😨 The level of excitement in Australia over
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In a letter to the nature page of The Weekly Times in 1934, a little girl began by mentioning Splash, a most unusual pet. Dear Charles Barrett – I am writing to tell you about Splash the platypus which belongs to my uncle, Mr Robert Eadie of
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In the midst of WWII, British P.M. Winston Churchill, decided he would like to have – a live platypus! 😨 After Australia’s Prime Minister John Curtin gave his assent, naturalist David Fleay was given the task of preparing a young male and organizing its voyage to England
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