TAME PLATYPUS
THREE YEARS TN CA.PTIVTTF. MELBOURNE, Feb. 8. “Splash,” the platypus tamed bf Mr. Robert Eadie, of Badger Creek, Healesville, will on Tuesday next have lived for three years in captivity. This is not only a record for th« platypus, but an outstanding achievement in wild life domestication. About 10,000 people have visited Mr. Eadie’s home to see the which, from a creature timid as a hare, has become so accustomed to mankind that it now delights in attention, “.Splash” actually “shows off” and rarely leaves the swimming tank for it® retiring room, while even one watche* remains. Five months old when captured, it has now reached maturity, an is a i very fine specimen, 22 inches long, and weighing 4slb. It eats 16 ounces of worms and grubfl daily and, at evening, two eggs. In three years it has eaten naif a ton o£ worms and more than 2000
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 45, 22 February 1936, Page 5
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151TAME PLATYPUS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 45, 22 February 1936, Page 5
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