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Old 23-10-2008
If you want to see a Platypus- don't go anywhere else ... this is the place!

You need to be there when it is quiet and you need a bit of luck that they will be out and about and not sleeping.
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How many Platypus do they have?
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Inthis exhibit are the only zoobred pair of Platypus and they bred some time last year. There are more ??platypus/platypi?? in the platypussary which is a noicturnal house that you can see underwater. You'll have more luck seeing a platypus in the second exhibit though.
I can't say how much I love this exhibit and my words don't do it justice.
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I can't say how much I love this exhibit and my words don't do it justice.
I agree - I went to Healesville expecting to be a bit disappointed, but we spent nearly an hour at the Platapusary just spell-bound watching the two Platapus swimming around and playing.
 

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