Platypus Rescue HQ in Australia has opened its doors to its first four residents. The facility is tasked with the preservation and study of the charismatic but little-understood creatures, and aims to help repopulate the species.
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00:00Over in Australia, the world's largest platypus conservation centre is welcoming its first four residents.
00:07The Platypus Rescue HQ in New South Wales was built to preserve and study the little-understood species.
00:13Researchers are aiming to learn more about the platypus' reproductive biology to eventually breed and release new members back into the wild.
00:21The animals are currently threatened by habitat loss due to climate change and extreme weather like wildfires and droughts.
00:29We need to be able to rescue these platypus in an emergency situation such as fire, drought or flood.
00:35But we also need to learn about the platypus.
00:38We don't know anything about their reproductive biology or how they respond to climate change.