Platypus extinction looms

[davidc4430]

Platypus extinction looms unless urgent action is taken, UNSW study finds

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/2500000007

[icyfroth]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

Yeah, at quick glance it's real obvious

To tell you the truth, i didn't know there was a difference untill i had a closer look recently

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Ones got 3000+ fb and a red star.

I don't.

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Joe's not known for his observational powers...

[icyfroth]

ok. back to the topic.

Platypi have been on the endangered species for quite some time. The busfires can only have execerbated their vulnerability.

I just hope CSIRO or some other like-minded organisation has their genetic material in their gene banks.

[the_great_she_elephant]

I'm susprised at your concern, Icy. An egg laying marsupial with the beak of a duck, the tail of a beaver, and the flippers of a turtle -  could anything  possibly be more 'against nature? 

[debra9275]

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@icyfroth wrote:

ok. back to the topic.

Platypi have been on the endangered species for quite some time. The busfires can only have execerbated their vulnerability.

I just hope CSIRO or some other like-minded organisation has their genetic material in their gene banks.

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Busfires??  LOL

i'm surprised that they're not already listed as an endangered species

[joz*garage]

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@icyfroth wrote:

ok. back to the topic.

Platypi have been on the endangered species for quite some time. The busfires can only have execerbated their vulnerability.

I just hope CSIRO or some other like-minded organisation has their genetic material in their gene banks.

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that ^ should cover it

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

I'm susprised at your concern, Icy. An egg laying marsupial with the beak of a duck, the tail of a beaver, and the flippers of a turtle -  could anything  possibly be more 'against nature? 

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Certainly is an odd creature, She-el...no surprise that it's heading for extinction...

[the_great_she_elephant]

Icy wrote: Certainly is an odd creature, She-el...no surprise that it's heading for extinction...

You don't say!  And there was I thinking it was due to drought and human activity such as damming and water harvesting, threats from feral species in national parks, and the impacts of livestock. (As per the OP's link)

[lionrose.7]

Hope they save this fabulous creature 😞

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Icy wrote: Certainly is an odd creature, She-el...no surprise that it's heading for extinction...

You don't say!  And there was I thinking it was due to drought and human activity such as damming and water harvesting, threats from feral species in national parks, and the impacts of livestock. (As per the OP's link)

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Yep. All of the above.

[icyfroth]

I believe it still takes a male and a female for them to be able to breed...