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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 13, 1925
Page
6
An advertisement lists ready made frocks with prices from 2/11 to 8/11 and a wide range of goods including men's shirts socks boots undershirts and trousers along with ladies frocks, crepe, linene, gingham, gabardine trousers, children's wear and other household items all under Sydney styles with numerous items and prices.
Harry Burrell details March observations of a single female platypus in Kensington. He reconstructs a three to four inch tunnel with water consolidated soil, notes tail use as a modelling tool, and describes coordinated fore and hind limb actions, tilting, and backtracking to form a complete burrow despite obstacles.
The piece details a platypus digging behavior with notable limb versatility comparing front and hind limbs to a mole or sloth. It describes a stiffened upper lip used for rooting, snout steering, and a grooved earth lever action during deep burrowing with rapid breathing changes during tunneling.
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