Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses - it's time to clean up our act

By A Mystery Man Writer

Platypuses are drowning in Australian waterways, tangled in fishing line and trapped in closed nets meant for freshwater crayfish or yabbies. But we can fix this.

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Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses - it's time to clean up our act

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