AMplify - Conversations at the Australian Museum
Treasures, Episode 7: The platypus rug and the lyre bird
23 Apr 2018
Early British settlers were so flummoxed by the platypus that they thought it an elaborate hoax, created by stitching a duck’s beak onto the body of a mole. But Australia’s greatest charlatan is an entirely different creature to behold. Behind every object is a story – join Charles Wooley and Kim McKay as they reveal some of the Treasures at the Australian Museum.
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