https://www.instagram.com/p/CHB-5a1FUM3/ My work library, (USQ), had some hidden gems and this week's book snap is one of those; Paradoxical Platypus: hobnobbing with duckbills by the Australian naturalist David Fleay. This is such a delightful read, as entertaining and interesting as anything by great animal authors like Gerald Durrell. I grew up reading Gerald Durrell's books … Continue reading A duckbill #BookSnapSunday
Churchill and the Platypus
I doubt whether Hitler, even in his saner moments, could ever have had the delightful eccentricity of mind to ask for a duckbilled platypus in the middle of a war! (Fleay, 1980. p56.) public domain public domain The platypus goes to war. Due to some recent reading I was reminded of the top secret war … Continue reading Churchill and the Platypus
