Magpieblog · @sarahc
1323 followers · 6689 posts · Server mas.to
Australia's ABC has a very good report on the current status of an iconic Australian animal, the platypus.
Tl;Dr: Platypuses aren't in danger of extinction yet, but they aren't doing particularly well anywhere in their shrinking range. The biggest threats to them are climate change and humans.
#platypus #monotremes #Australia #animals #zoology
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-14/platypus-are-in-crisis-and-need-our-help/102567630
#zoology #animals #Australia #monotremes #platypus
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
97 followers · 507 posts · Server mastodon.auWorking hard to make the platypus extinct ..
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-14/platypus-are-in-crisis-and-need-our-help/102567630
#monotremes #platypus #fur #rivers #pollution #rubbish #entanglements #dogs #mauling #pets #habitat #extinction makers
#monotremes #platypus #fur #rivers #pollution #rubbish #entanglements #dogs #mauling #pets #habitat #extinction
Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
453 followers · 875 posts · Server historians.socialFor #MonotremeMonday: fully updated #monotremes image bank with several new images added of #platypus & #echidna historical #sciart:
https://arthistoryanimalia.com/monotremes-platypus-echidna-historical-sciart-image-bank/
#monotrememonday #monotremes #platypus #echidna #sciart
Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
304 followers · 659 posts · Server historians.social
Happy #Easter to those who celebrate, from the REAL egg-laying #mammals, the #monotremes đ
Plate LXIV Monotremata from Johnsonâs Household Book of Nature, 1880, via
@BioDivLibrary: biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122829#paâŚ
#easter #mammals #monotremes #platypus #echidna #sciart #naturalhistoryart
scandrof · @scandrof
213 followers · 2723 posts · Server aus.social
"Death by exhaustion, cannibalism, complete body fusion: across the animal kingdom, mating takes many strange forms." #animals #nature #reproduction #marsupials #monotremes #insects #whales #fish #biology #science
A rare video of wombats having sex sideways offers a glimpse into the bizarre realm of animal reproduction https://theconversation.com/a-rare-video-of-wombats-having-sex-sideways-offers-a-glimpse-into-the-bizarre-realm-of-animal-reproduction-202146
#animals #nature #reproduction #marsupials #monotremes #insects #whales #fish #biology #science
Gordon Kerry · @gordonkerry
98 followers · 301 posts · Server mastodon.world
A couple of better shots from last spring #platypus #echidna #monotremes #wildoz
#platypus #echidna #monotremes #WildOz
Grumpy Penguin · @GrumpyPenguin
74 followers · 471 posts · Server aus.social
I saw an #echidna while walking the dog yesterday!!!!
I am still excited by it!!!!
#echidna #marsupials #monotremes
scandrof · @scandrof
169 followers · 1631 posts · Server aus.social
Fun fact: echidnas blow snot bubbles to stay cool (source: The Guardian)
In searing Australian heat, the furry/spiky/pointy-beaked critters donât perform the usual behaviours animals rely on to avoid overheating, according to AAP reports on research from Curtin University.
Echidnas donât have the right glands, so canât sweat. Nor do they pant or lick themselves. But it turns out blowing snot bubbles can cool a pool of blood at the top of their elongated beaks.
They also perform belly flops on cool surfaces, allowing the escape of heat when their spineless tummies make contact with patches of shady ground or hollowed-out logs.
âThey blow mucus bubbles out of their nose and they burst and wet the tip of their snout,â Dr Christine Cooper from Curtin University says.
âThat means evaporation can cool the big pool of blood thatâs just under the skin at the tip of their nose. When we looked at the temperature of their snouts it was really quite cold.â #science #biology #Australia #echidna #monotremes #trivia #research
#science #biology #australia #echidna #monotremes #trivia #research
NSW.Biodiversity · @Biodiversity
123 followers · 218 posts · Server theblower.au#Platypuses Are Dying in traps â Ban Them NOW
For decades #conservationists have been begging the decision makers to stop âset and forgetâ opera house #nets. The killing continues...
https://secure.peta.org.au/page/81220/petition/1
#monotremes #NoTakeZones #extinction makers
#platypuses #conservationists #nets #monotremes #notakezones #extinction
scandrof · @scandrof
150 followers · 1286 posts · Server aus.social
Have you heard of a flatypus? How about a platysausage or a fattypus? These are all terms coined by Jack Ashby to describe badly-stuffed taxidermy platypuses. "We often find flatypuses that are pancake flat. We find fattypuses that are overstuffed, or sometimes the platysausage, which is long and thin and sausage-shaped." #animals #monotremes #museum #taxidermy #museums #echidna #platypus #nature #preservation #Australia
Poor taxidermy making 'fattypuses' and 'platysausages' out of Australian animals - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/poor-taxidermy-making-fattypuses-out-of-australian-animals/101827332
#animals #monotremes #museum #taxidermy #museums #echidna #platypus #nature #preservation #australia
Sean Kelleher · @SeanMaths4EAL
71 followers · 44 posts · Server mountains.social
Dr Annetta Mallon · @annettamallon
258 followers · 951 posts · Server aus.social
It's officially festive, with the Christmas Echidna spotted outside Platypus Rest!
ID: an echidna with big dark eyes and a perfect beak, on the grass verge outside my local oval.
#JingleBells #wildlife #tasmania #echidna #happiness #monotremes #MonotremesOfMastodon
#jinglebells #wildlife #tasmania #echidna #happiness #monotremes #monotremesofmastodon
Lilysea · @Lilysea
131 followers · 449 posts · Server aus.social
Large mural of a platypus by ROA.
#ROA
#Platypus
#Monotreme
#Monotremes
#Mural
#SprayPaintArt
#StreetArt
#UrbanArt
#roa #platypus #monotreme #monotremes #mural #spraypaintart #streetart #urbanart
Matyas Liptovszky · @lmatyas
30 followers · 22 posts · Server home.socialGreat to see my colleagues here at Perth Zoo sharing their experiences with this cryptic animal:
Maternal care and juvenile development of captive-bred short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion) at Perth Zoo, Western Australia
#conservation #science #echidna #monotremes #zoo #research
Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
556 followers · 11288 posts · Server mstdn.ioAn article about the fascinating platypus, an animal with multiple sex genes, produces interesting chemicals, lives an interesting life, but may be facing extinction.
#australia #mammals #monotremes #biology #nature #platypus