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...Stewart C. Nicol ABSTRACT If you search the internet for platypus stomach you will find countless websites stating that the platypus has no stomach. Some also state that echidnas also have no stomach. But platypuses and echidnas do have stomachs, although they differ from the stomachs of all other...

... of platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, around Sydney. Australian Mammalogy 20: 257-266. Current and historical occurrence of platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, around Sydney Australian Mammalogy 20 257 266 Grant, T.R., and Bishop, K.A. 1998. Instream flow requirements for platypus...

..., T. R., 1981b. Platypuses and Dams — Questions and hypotheses. Pp. 206-18 in Wildlife Management in the 80's ed by J. Rigney. Monash University Press: Victoria. Wildlife Management in the 80’s 206 18 Grant, T. R., 1991. The biology and management of the Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus...

..., and their affluent streams, are suppressing platypus numbers. An experiment indicated that the legal drum nets used in the industry are less of a threat to platypuses than the use of gill nets and the illegal nets used by poachers. Banning of gill nets from the industry and stringent law enforcement would largely...

...Helen Otley A community-based survey was conducted to establish the current distribution of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus in the Huon River catchment, southern Tasmania. The species was found to be common and sighted in waterbodies throughout the Huon River catchment. Fewer platypuses were...

... began ecological research into the platypus populations of the Central West. His son Alex remembers when quite young, the exciting times he had accompanying his father at night to catch platypuses from the Duckmaloi Weir. David s platypus research and advocacy continued until he was no longer able...

... been told by Indigenous Australians that the echidna and platypus laid eggs. In this paper I briefly summarise aspects of the significance of monotremes in some mainland Aboriginal cultures, and the attempts by the naturalist George Bennett to discover if platypuses were oviparous. In Tasmania...

...Stewart Nicol ABSTRACT Most biologists, particularly Australian biologists, are aware that the initial description and attempts to classify the echidna and platypus were surrounded by controversy. Fewer are aware of the important roles played by two eminent scientists, Étienne Geoffroy Saint...

... of mucormycosis on platypus populations is also still unknown (Gust et al. 2009); however, it is the only infectious disease currently known to cause significant morbidity and mortality in platypuses (Connolly and Obendorf 1998) and is considered a conservation threat (Munday et al. 1998). Fragmentation...

.... (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Australian Zoologist 4: 8. Field notes on the natural habits of echidna. (Tachyglossus aculeatus) Australian Zoologist 4 8 Burrell, H. 1927.The Platypus: Its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits, life history, etc. Angus and Robertson, Sydney...

.../pan/33031/20030109-0000/www.amonline.net.au/thylacine/05.htm. Burrell, H. 1927. The Platypus: Its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits, life history, etc. Angus and Robertson, Sydney. The Platypus: Its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits...

... of hard work be recognised tonight by this award. ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY PLATYPUS,WORLD S STRANGEST ANIMAL By Elizabeth Parer-Cook and David Parer. Published by Zaurora Books. PRESENTED BY HAYLEY BATES II would like to start by saying what a pleasure it is to hand out this award. Something quite...

... knew! And, after all, there were fantastic fossil platypuses to be found and fondled! When our colleague Prof. Rosendo Pascual from the Universidad de La Plata in Buenos Aires told us about his hard-to-believe discovery of the tooth of a 63 million-year-old fossil platypus from Argentina and invited us...

... that were detected by each method are provided in Table 5. 486 Australian Zoologist 3q4) DISCUSSION Species accounts Monotremes The Platypus Ornithorhynchw anatinus was recorded once op ortunistically during the survey in a smal P creek in Mannus State Forest. Other records exist for Tumut and Bungongo...

... and depoliticised listing process, to avoid public brawling over the listing of particular species. Prest pointed out that a list was already contained in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW), but was, generally out of date and inadequate .30 e) The example of the platypus: a species not on any list...

... of Zoology. 32: 767-785. Breeding cycle, life history and population dynamics of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Sirenia: Dugongidae) Australian Journal of Zoology 32 767 785 New, N.P., Jakubowski, J.M., Stone, G.M. and Jones, R.C. 1998. Seasonal pattern of androgen secretion in the male platypus...

... and conservation implications Biological Conservation 50 143 198 Burrell, H., 1927. The Platypus: its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits, life history, etc. Angus & Robertson: Sydney. The Platypus: its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits...

... International Hibernation Symposium 5 19 Grigg, G.C., Augee, M.L. and Beard, L.A., 1992a. Thermal relations of free-living echidnas during activity and in hibernation in a cold climate. Pp. 160-173 in Platypus and Echidnas, edited by M.L. Augee. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney...