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Australian Platypus Conservancy

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  • Platypus Survey & Monitoring
    • Platypus survey methods (pros and cons)
    • Live-trapping methods
    • Visual methods
    • Environmental DNA (eDNA)
    • Cameras
    • Platypus burrow counts
    • Spotting hints
  • Platypus Conservation Issues
    • Water flow
    • Water quality
    • Habitat quality
    • Dams & weirs
    • Urban development
    • Culverts & pipes
    • Litter
    • Angling
    • Dangerous nets & traps
    • Predators & disease
    • Wildfire
  • Platypus Management Guidelines
    • Streamflow
    • Water quality
    • Bank habitats
    • Instream wood
    • Stormwater drainage
    • Drought refuges
    • Culverts & pipes
    • Weirs & fishways
    • Paths & lights
    • Use of heavy equipment
    • Pumps & generators
  • Platypus Biology
    • Vital statistics
    • General features and fur colour
    • The bill and its senses
    • Vision and hearing
    • Body temperature
    • Venom and spurs
    • Genetics and dispersal
    • Sleep and dreaming
  • Platypus Ecology & Behaviour
    • Foraging behaviour
    • Diet and food consumption
    • Home range and movements
    • Burrows
    • Reproduction
    • Courtship, mating and nest-building
    • Communication
    • Mortality factors
  • Names & Evolution
    • Names (including “What’s the plural of platypus?”)
    • Fossil history
    • Echidnas – the other modern monotremes
  • Platypus Status
    • Platypus conservation status
    • Platypus distribution
    • Platypus abundance
  • FAQs & Myths
    • Some platypus FAQs
    • Some platypus myths
  • Rakali
    • Size and general features
    • Distribution and habitats
    • Names and origin
    • Spatial use and shelter sites
    • Diet and foraging behaviour
    • Reproduction
    • Rakali conservation status
    • Coexistence of rakali and platypus
  • About the Conservancy
  • APC Newsletter
  • Report a Sighting
  • Donate or Make Bequest
    • Donate by bank transfer
    • Donate by Visa/Mastercard
    • Make a Bequest

Fyke-netting Guidelines

July 11, 2019

fyke-netting guidelines, updated 07.19

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Platypus News & Views 76 – May 2019

June 2, 2019

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Platypus New & Views 75 – February 2019

March 9, 2019

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Platypus News & Views 74 – November 2018

December 15, 2018

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Platypus News & Views 73 August 2018

September 17, 2018

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Platypus News & Views 72 – May 2018

June 5, 2018

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Platypus News & Views 71 – February 2018

March 6, 2018

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Platypus News & Views 70 – November 2017

December 13, 2017

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Platypus News & Views 69 – August 2017

November 3, 2017

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Platypus News & Views 68 – May 2017

July 18, 2017

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Report a Platypus Sighting

If you have ever seen a platypus in the wild (either alive or dead), you possess information that is vital to our understanding of the status, distribution and conservation needs of the species. Therefore, please consider reporting the details of your sighting(s) to the Australian Platypus Conservancy. Use our Reporting Form

Platypus & Water Rat Reports

If you wish to keep up to date with the Platypus and Water Rat Reports, please go to our Facebook Page

Rakali – the water rat

Information about the Rakali or Australian water-rat is available via the Rakali Page. These are often mistaken for platypus, or found in similar locations.
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