Comments on: See Wild Platypus at Atherton Platypus Park, Near Cairns. https://worldtravelfamily.com/see-wild-platypus-atherton-platypus-park-near-cairns/ | The Best World Travel Blog for Families | Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: alyson@worldtravelfamily https://worldtravelfamily.com/see-wild-platypus-atherton-platypus-park-near-cairns/#comment-67007 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:11:13 +0000 https://worldtravelfamily.com/?p=213#comment-67007 In reply to Suzanne Sherwood.

I didn’t know that Suzanne. The only place I’ve ever seen them in a zoo is at Taronga zoo in Sydney. They also have them at Sydney aquarium.

]]> By: Suzanne Sherwood https://worldtravelfamily.com/see-wild-platypus-atherton-platypus-park-near-cairns/#comment-67006 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:03:25 +0000 https://worldtravelfamily.com/?p=213#comment-67006 What an informative summary of these wonderful creatures and their habitat. The boys must have loved this experience, they are very fortunate. Recently I went with my son and his children to Tidbinbilla, just outside Canberra and we saw platypus there. It was very exciting and most unexpected. Sad to realize that in captivity these dear creatures become so stressed they die. Zoos don’t tell us that! Warawong Sanctuary in the Mt Lofty Ranges near Adelaide has managed to breed platypus by copying their habitat within a fox free property.

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