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WITH reference to the platypus mentioned in NATURE of September 16, 1933, p. 446, Mr. R. Eadie, who has attended to the animal, informs me that it is still alive and has been, at the date of writing, in captivity for 282 days.
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BARRETT, J. A Tame Platypus. Nature 133, 260 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133260d0
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