Platypus at Bega, NSW
Identification history
| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | 13 Jan 2020 | MatthewHiggins |
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User's notes
This morning’s Platypus walk along known ponds on the Anabranch revealed at least four animals, possibly more. This was good as I was concerned to see whether there was any sign as yet of impact from the bushfire ash fallout on water chemistry which might affect invertebrate numbers and hence Platypus food supply. So far so good.
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libbyh
wrote:
14 Jan 2020
I have been wondering about the impacts of all this ash in the Ph of water bodies and their animals too. I have been looking at sea hares and nudibranchs in the estuaries and there are a few unusual observations. Let's keep making observations. It's good to have more platypus records in the database. thanks.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.861854-36.686281
- Places Bega, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 13 Jan 2020 10:16 AM Recorded on
- MatthewHiggins Recorded by
Species information
- Ornithorhynchus anatinus Scientific name
- Platypus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 998.1m Recorded at altitude
- 79 images trained Machine learning
