Australia's platypus is fighting for its survival as the continent’s prolonged drought dries up river beds
SYDNEY - Australia’s platypus is under severe stress as the continent’s prolonged drought dries up river beds, leaving one of the world’s most peculiar animals fighting for its existence, scientists say.
Platypuses are elusive, strange-looking duck-billed animals with web feet that spend most of their time under water. According to their gene map, they are part bird, part reptile and part mammal. “The ash in the water and the lack of oxygen would have a severe impact on some areas that coincide with platypus populations,” said Bino, who said in a recently published research paper that action must be taken to prevent the platypus from disappearing from Australia’s waterways.
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