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1st Nov 2020 Sharon books

A duckbill #BookSnapSunday

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

30th Oct 2020 Sharon environment, Travel

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

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