Dr. Tahneal Hawke
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2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 23 Jun
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So she's going to start collecting this nesting material.
She's going to build a breeding burrow in the riverbank.
And then she's going to start hauling all this nesting material deep into her burrow.
She's going to construct a little nest.
And then, yeah, within, you know, about 10 days, she's going to lay her eggs.
And then they're going to hatch pretty quickly after that.
About 10 days they're going to hatch.
No.
That's so fast.
Yes, super quick.
But when the eggs hatch, they come out very small.
So if anyone's familiar with marsupials, like kangaroos, they have a tiny baby jelly bean size.
So they're very primitive when they're born.
But no pouch?
No pouch, no.
So these things...
Most platypuses, I'd say 99% are going to sleep in a burrow every day.
Obviously, they need to breathe air.
So it's quite difficult for them to sleep in the river.
So
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