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Platypus
The platypus is rarely seen in the wild so with a 90% success rate, spotting these unique animals is a popular part of our tours.
Found along the East Coast of Australia and Tasmania, it mainly lives in fresh water rivers, streams, ponds and lakes and is mostly easily spotted around dusk and dawn.
It feeds mainly on aquatic invertebrates that are caught and then stored in cheek pouches until they can be ground up by horny plates while the animal floats on the surface.
Breeding occurs in spring (September/October). The female builds an elaborate platypus nesting burrow, which can be up to 20 metres long. Two eggs are usually laid and then incubated for one to two weeks. The babies, or platypups, feed on milk for the first four or five months before they leave the burrow.
The platypus is an unusual mammal with many unique features that our guides will talk about as you observe them in their natural habitat.
Lumholtz Tree-kangaroo
Lumholtz’s Tree–kangaroos are only found in the tropical rainforest in this area. It is most common on the Tropical Atherton Tablelands west of Cairns where its local aboriginal name is Mabi.
It is a mainly arboreal animal that climbs trees and then sometimes hops like a normal kangaroo along larger horizontal branches in the rainforest canopy.
It mostly feeds on the leaves of around 26 species of rainforest trees and shrubs. It produces a single young that stays in the mother’s pouch for approximately 230 days.
Since this is a rare animal much of it’s remaining habitat is now protected so it’s future is considered relatively secure at this time.
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