Re-posting after correcting a faulty link. Thanks to those who let me know. <3

"Museums stocked with 'platysausages' as taxidermists get it wrong on Australian animals."
🔗 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/poor-taxidermy-making-fattypuses-out-of-australian-animals/101827332
"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."

Great article By Zoe Kean , ABC Radio Hobart, with food for thought for museums.

We talked about the confusion experienced by Europeans seeing our Platypus for the first time in Episode 19: The Platypus Controversy.
Very amusing. 😄. Link to listen below if you’re interested.

🔗 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/2019/01/25/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧

#History #AustralianHistory #AustralianStories #Histodons #AustralianPodcast #HistoryPodcast #Taxidermy #BadTaxidermy #Museums #Platypus #Echidna #TasmanianTiger #Zoology #AustralianFauna #OzAnimals

"Museums stocked with 'platysausages' as taxidermists get it wrong on Australian animals."
🔗 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/poor-taxidermy-making-fattypuses-out-of-australian-animals/101827332
"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."

Great article By Zoe Kean , ABC Radio Hobart, with food for thought for museums.

We talked about the confusion experienced by Europeans seeing our Platypus for the first time in Episode 19: The Platypus Controversy.
Very amusing. 😄. Link to listen below if you’re interested.

🔗 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/2019/01/25/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧

#History #AustralianHistory #AustralianStories #Histodons #AustralianPodcast #HistoryPodcast #Taxidermy #BadTaxidermy #Museums #Platypus #Echidna #TasmanianTiger #Zoology #AustralianFauna #OzAnimals