23-12-2025 01:55 via theguardian.com

'Unusual' pink platypus spotted in Gippsland, Australia - video

Cody Stylianou filmed this 'pink' platypus at a Gippsland fishing spot – a location he is keeping secret to protect the rare animal. Stylianou had been on his first trout fishing trip of the season in September when he saw the platypus, which he has nicknamed Pinky, feeding at the top of the tannin-stained river. Biologist Jeff Williams says though Pinky's colouring is 'somewhat unusual', it is not a rare albino platypus, just lighter in colour than most. 'Platypus do vary a lot in colour,
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