Amazing Wildlife: A San Diego Zoo Podcast
Amazing Wildlife: A San Diego Zoo Podcast
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Platypus: A Duck-billed, Egg-laying Mammal
22 minutes Posted Aug 5, 2022 at 10:00 am.
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The animal explored in this episode is so unusual that when it was first discovered by European explorers, they had a hard time convincing scientists it was real! We’re talking about the one and only platypusHosts Rick and Ebone reveal some cool facts about this egg-laying mammal and detail the journey on how the San Diego Zoo became the only zoo outside Australia to house platypuses. Luis Ochoa, a Lead Wildlife Care Specialist, joins the show to discuss what makes this species so unique and what goes into caring for them.

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