• Episode 19: The Platypus

  • Apr 3 2024
  • Length: 48 mins
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Episode 19: The Platypus

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  • Summary

  • Learn all about the duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Ilana! This Australian animal shares traits with ducks and coconuts, but it's actually a mammal ready to paralyze it's foes at any moment.

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    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 2:54

    Description: 2:55 - 12:15

    Habitat and ecology: 9:13 - 21:27

    Reproduction and courtship: 21:28 - 23:14

    Platypuses and people: 23:15 - 29:43

    Conservation: 29:44 - 34:10

    How it's queer: 36:15 - end

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    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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