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Vincent Serventy. is the first and only person to have bred the platypus in captivity . The male platypus has well developed poison spurs on the back feet . The echidna also has these but they do not appear to be functional . Incautious ...
Vincent Serventy. is the first and only person to have bred the platypus in captivity . The male platypus has well developed poison spurs on the back feet . The echidna also has these but they do not appear to be functional . Incautious ...
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... captivity more is being discovered . One of the best known of the narrow - footed kinds is the fat - tailed dunnart . The genus to which it belongs , sminthopsis , is spread over the whole of Australia , and the fat - tailed dunnart is ...
... captivity more is being discovered . One of the best known of the narrow - footed kinds is the fat - tailed dunnart . The genus to which it belongs , sminthopsis , is spread over the whole of Australia , and the fat - tailed dunnart is ...
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... captivity they take sugar and honey . A most interesting story related by J. Casanova deals with a South Australian mother which was found on 10 September 1957 , carrying tiny joeys in the pouch . Her tail was very thin and knotty . By ...
... captivity they take sugar and honey . A most interesting story related by J. Casanova deals with a South Australian mother which was found on 10 September 1957 , carrying tiny joeys in the pouch . Her tail was very thin and knotty . By ...
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