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Australian Platypus Conservancy

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    • Platypus survey methods (pros and cons)
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    • Visual methods
    • Environmental DNA (eDNA)
    • Cameras
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    • Spotting hints
  • Platypus Conservation Issues
    • Water flow
    • Water quality
    • Habitat quality
    • Dams & weirs
    • Urban development
    • Culverts & pipes
    • Litter
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    • Dangerous nets & traps
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    • 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
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    • Donate by bank transfer
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    • Make a Bequest

News & Views 58 – November 2014

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News & Views 58 – November 2014

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News & Views 57 – August 2014

August 31, 2014

News & Views 57 – August 2014

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News & Views 56 – May 2014

May 31, 2014

News & Views 56 – May 2014

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News & Views 55 – February 2014

February 28, 2014

News & Views 55 – February 2014

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News & Views 54 – November 2013

November 30, 2013

News & Views 54 – November 2013

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News & Views 53 – August 2013

August 31, 2013

News & Views 53 – August 2013

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News & Views 52 – June 2013

June 30, 2013

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News & Views 51 – February 2013

February 28, 2013

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Ripples 50 – October 2012

October 31, 2012

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Ripples 49 – June 2012

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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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