Wild Animals

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Australian Platypus Conservancy researchers used live trapping to gauge the size of the platypus population along the Buffalo River.( Supplied: Geoff Williams

Platypus populations in north-east Victoria are much stronger than expected after last year's bushfires, much to the relief of researchers.

Australian Platypus Conservancy researchers set nets in four locations along the river and found 12 platypuses along the upper Buffalo River near Myrtleford.

Biologist Geoff Williams said the animals probably survived because they were normally in the water or in their burrows underground.
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The Platypus is a fascinating animal. One of the few mammals that are venomous.
This platypus, renowned as one of the few mammals that lay eggs, also is one of only a few venomous mammals. The males can deliver a mega-sting that causes immediate, excruciating pain, like hundreds of hornet stings, leaving victims incapacitated for weeks.
 

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Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Bison Majesty” by David Connel.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

“I travelled to Yellowstone in February to photograph the park and wildlife in a winter setting,” explains Connel. “I spent a large amount of time in the Lamar Valley photographing the wildlife along the roadway. I snowshoed to various vantage points that overlooked the buffalo herd foraging in the snow. This image shows them standing majestically on a ridgeline.”
 
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31 March 2021
A herd of wild wood bison released by the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center and Alaska Department Fish & Game, showing the beautiful territory that is once again home to this once extirpated animal. This image is from Alaska: The New Pioneers.

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