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Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals LANGUAGES And his biggest crime ofWinner of the Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book 2022 A compelling, funny, first hand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals and how our perceptions impact their future. Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs and they can detect electricity. Or a wombat: their teeth never stop growing, they poo cubes and they defend themselves with