Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Platypus at Syndicate, QLD
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| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | JasonPStewart | 8 Jun 2025 | ||
| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | CarbonAI | 8 Jun 2025 | ||
| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | JasonPStewart | 8 Jun 2025 |
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Healthy platypus, moving rapidly, including using its beak side to side, presumably hunting;
in this large boulder–field, rocky reach of the main Mossman River. We know resident here over many years.
Viewed from the short loop track, longest river viewing platform.
Mossman Gorge main River .
2022 August 7th 8:21 – 8:22 am.
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Location information
- Coordinates 145.331195-16.470675
- Altitude 80.0m
- Places Syndicate, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Aug 2022 08:21 AM Recorded on
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
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- Ornithorhynchus anatinus Scientific name
- Platypus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1369.91m Recorded at altitude
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