JILL THE PLATYPUS at the Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, feeding from the hand of Mr. David Fleay, the director. She made headlines two years ago by hatching a "platypup" in captivity, and now she has gone one better by laying two eggs.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 254, 26 October 1945, Page 7
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41JILL THE PLATYPUS at the Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, feeding from the hand of Mr. David Fleay, the director. She made headlines two years ago by hatching a "platypup" in captivity, and now she has gone one better by laying two eggs. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 254, 26 October 1945, Page 7
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