The playtypus is not only one of the world's strangest animals, it is also one which has proved hard to study and document.

Now renowned wildlife documentary makers, David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook have delivered a fascinating documentary offering rare insight into the life of the platypus.

Three years in the making, Platypus explores the varied habitats of the animal on the east coast of Australia. Using specially designed technology, images from inside a platypus nesting chamber are captured and the secrets of how the platypus breed and raise their young are revealed.

Platypus is available on both video and DVD, with extra features on the DVD including a featurette titled 'Bobby and the Banded Stilts' and a photo gallery.

Platypus: World's Strangest Animal
ABC Video, 2003

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