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Australian Community Media
  • 9/8/2023
The Platypus, Australia's iconic 20-cent coin figure, is facing a drastic decline due to the combined effects of land clearing, climate change, drought, and water distribution.
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00:00 Sadly we know that the population has been lost in lots of areas,
00:04 so lots of local extinctions up and down the East Australian coastline.
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00:42 I think for people, general people, wanting to take care of platypus,
00:47 it's more about taking care of the environment, taking care of our waterways,
00:50 and trying to reduce the impact of humans and climate change on the earth.
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