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Australian Platypus Conservancy

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

Category: Newsletter

Ripples 37 – March 2008

March 29, 2008

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples 37 – March 2008

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Ripples 36 – October 2007

October 29, 2007

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples 36 – October 2007

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Ripples 35 – May 2007

May 29, 2007

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples 35 – May 2007

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Ripples 34 – January 2007

January 29, 2007

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples 34 January 2007

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Ripples 33 – August 2006

August 29, 2006

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples 33 – August 2006

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Ripples 32 -February 2006

February 28, 2006

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples 32 – February 2006

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Ripples 31 – October 2005

October 29, 2005

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples 31 – October 2005

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Ripples 30 – June 2005

June 28, 2005

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples Edition 30 – June 2005

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Ripples 29 – February 2005

February 28, 2005

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Ripples Edition 29 – February 2005

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Ripples 28 – October 2004

October 28, 2004

Newsletter of the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

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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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