Rare Platypus Footage From Tasmania

Vic41 · Guru

Rare Platypus Footage From Tasmania

Sharke · Senior Member

Outstanding footage of a very active active platypus.
cheers Jeff

Big Gorilla · Guru

Great stuff. I've often looked for them unsuccessfully in the small river that runs thru Deloraine. Be great to see them in the wild..

exa41 · Guru

lovely footage , another beautiful Australian creature.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Special stuff!

I have been fortunate to see several at close range over the years.
In 2001 in Tassi I caught one on video for several minutes. Not anything like the quality of the footage above, of course, but I was very pleased none the less.
This pic was taken from the video (so it is even worse quality).
It came to within 1m of my feet. You never forget an experience like that.

They are actually not particularly rare or endangered species, just very elusive.

Cheers,

Peter

-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Tuesday 11th of November 2014 07:19:46 PM

Vic41 · Guru

Nice shot Peter, more "rare" to see them is what I meant.

I spent hours watching at a spot in the Atherton Tablelands where they were supposed to frequent but never saw a thing, not even a ripple or a bubble furious

MOLLUSCAN · Senior Member

To see a platypus in the wild is one of my greatest wishes while we are still able to travel. Does anyone know of places not too far from Sydney? We can free camp if that's the way to go.
That's a great photo Peter.
Margaret

jmbarry · Newbie

wonderful footage Peter brings back great memories of a platypus that wondered in to the Burnie brass band rooms one night after practise 35 years ago fantastic animal and had the chance to touch look and move into a cardboard and then place next to the nearest stream