Dr. Tahneal Hawke
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first heard Dec 2025
last heard 23 Jun
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And it always like, it gets on you.
And it's one of those smells that you can't really wash out too easily.
So I'm like smelling a platypus every time I'm in the field.
Yeah.
This is kind of a balancing act that we play.
When we first started, it was kind of us and a few volunteers, like very low key.
And I guess now that it started to build traction in the media, people are getting excited about this research.
We get a bit bombarded sometimes with requests for people to join.
You know, people want to see a platypus, which is fantastic.
But also we want to kind of maintain numbers to everyone.
a level that you know we're not going to place any extra stress on these animals because you can imagine you know if you're a platypus it's already a stressful situation um going through being trapped being prodded and then being put back in the water so i guess the smaller the numbers the better just in terms of noise and light and you know anything that might impact the animals you don't want to put them on like a red carpet situation where they're like over here over here can i get it you know everyone's gramming them well yeah
Yeah, in the bush.
I'm an expert now.
Yeah, no stress my end anymore.
Like that's all part of it for me.
But I feel like, you know, when volunteers come out, they're always a bit like, oh, like, where's the bathrooms, you know?
So I'm very, when I'm putting out these calls for people to join, I'm very explicit now about like, we're out in the woods, like, you know, there's no comforts here.
Big learning curve.
Okay.
I, yeah, like when I was younger, I loved animals and I loved the outdoors, but like as a family, yeah, we weren't that outdoorsy family, you know, we went camping maybe a handful of times.
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