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Award-winning author #PlatypusMatters. Assistant Director of @ZoologyMuseum at @Cambridge_Uni. President of @SHNHSocNatHist. Australian mammal nerd. Own views

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A very calm little eastern #quoll hops out and explores its forest home. #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #quolls

A very calm little eastern #quoll hops out and explores its forest home. #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #quolls

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The #platypus gods have been most kind - this little lady showed up within a minute of me arriving at her creek outside #Hobart today. Literally the greatest species that has ever evolved. #MammalWatching #WildOz #platypuses #Tasmania

The #platypus gods have been most kind - this little lady showed up within a minute of me arriving at her creek outside #Hobart today. Literally the greatest species that has ever evolved. #MammalWatching #WildOz #platypuses #Tasmania

101,696 views • 1 year ago

Sometimes, life gives you a #platypus coming down a waterfall. 🤩 #Tasmania #platypuses #fieldwork #MammalWatching #WildOz

Sometimes, life gives you a #platypus coming down a waterfall. 🤩 #Tasmania #platypuses #fieldwork #MammalWatching #WildOz

35,243 views • 1 year ago

A #platypus gets so carried away with scratching that she rolls off her rock. She's itching mainly where her milk patches and her milk glands (which spread up round onto their backs) are, so I suspect she is lactating. #Tasmania #MammalWatching #platypuses #WildOz

A #platypus gets so carried away with scratching that she rolls off her rock. She's itching mainly where her milk patches and her milk glands (which spread up round onto their backs) are, so I suspect she is lactating. #Tasmania #MammalWatching #platypuses #WildOz

23,075 views • 1 year ago

A close-up view of a #platypus having a scratch, before foraging in the shallows, walking on her knuckles to protect her huge webbed hands. #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #platypuses

A close-up view of a #platypus having a scratch, before foraging in the shallows, walking on her knuckles to protect her huge webbed hands. #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #platypuses

16,313 views • 1 year ago

Platypuses' bills can sense the electrical impulses running through the nerves of their prey - they move their bills like metal-detectors to hunt. They are one of the world's only electro-receptive #mammals. #fieldwork #Tasmania #platypus #WildOz #MammalWatching #platypuses

Platypuses' bills can sense the electrical impulses running through the nerves of their prey - they move their bills like metal-detectors to hunt. They are one of the world's only electro-receptive #mammals. #fieldwork #Tasmania #platypus #WildOz #MammalWatching #platypuses

15,838 views • 1 year ago

Although #wombat bodies are already *very* close to the ground, when the non-stop munching activity gets too much for them, #wombats like to sit on their bottoms to make eating even more relaxing. #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz

Although #wombat bodies are already very close to the ground, when the non-stop munching activity gets too much for them, #wombats like to sit on their bottoms to make eating even more relaxing. #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz

14,453 views • 1 year ago

I've always thought that #echidnas move as if they're being operated by someone who's learning to use a remote-controlled toy car: take a few steps, stop, change direction, stop, repeat. #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #echidna

I've always thought that #echidnas move as if they're being operated by someone who's learning to use a remote-controlled toy car: take a few steps, stop, change direction, stop, repeat. #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #echidna

12,916 views • 1 year ago

Platypuses wiggle their heads from side to side while foraging, like a high-speed metal-detector. But instead of metal, their bills detect the tiny electrical impulses given off by their prey's muscle signals (including their hearts). #platypus #Tasmania #WildOz #MammalWatching

Platypuses wiggle their heads from side to side while foraging, like a high-speed metal-detector. But instead of metal, their bills detect the tiny electrical impulses given off by their prey's muscle signals (including their hearts). #platypus #Tasmania #WildOz #MammalWatching

13,312 views • 2 years ago

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