platypus !

Jun. 18th, 2008 12:39 pm
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While on our walk to our local waterfall today [livejournal.com profile] baronsnorri, who has eyes that are not only quick, but calibrated to Australian wildlife, spotted a platypus in the creek, playing/feeding happily in the pool at the bottom of the falls.

This is the first time I've ever seen a platypus in the wild, and only the second time I've ever seen one at all. The other time was during my first visit to Australia, back in 1990, when my parents took me to a wildlife park in Victoria where they had a tank full of water, a log, some plants, and a platypus, which spent an hour or three a day swimming in the tank on display, and the rest of its time in an environment that it considered more home-like. (Mom, do you remember where that park was?)

Somehow, despite not getting anywhere near as good of a look at it (since we were standing on the bridge, and it was quite away below us, and spent more time underwater than on the surface), it is ever so much more exciting to see one in the wild, minding its own business, rather than swimming in a display tank. I'd heard that there were platypus living on the mountain, but is is delightful to witness it for myself.

Edit: My sister says that the park I went to back in 1990 was probably the Healesville Sanctuary.
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