Doug Gimesy / Anaesthetised Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is readied for a radio transponder to be surgically implanted in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge room. This transponder will allow researche...

Doug Gimesy / Scientist taking blood sample from Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model release supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Scientist taking blood sample from Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model release supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers weighs a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) whilst another researcher writes down data. Warburton, Victoria, Australia. October, 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) urine sample placed in a test tube from a platypus caught in the field. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researcher taking cheek pouch samples from an anaesthetized platypus, Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model relea...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researcher taking a cheek pouch samples. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia . May 2018. Model released

Doug Gimesy / Researcher taking samples from river to test for Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) DNA. Cardinia Creek, Beaconsfield, June, 2017. Model release supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examine an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Body measurements, blood, urine and DNA samples will be taken, and a temporary radio transponder could be glued to its t...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) urine sample are placed into a test tube from a platypus caught in the field, for later analysis. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers taking a small skin sample is from the webbing between the toes of a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Chum Creek, Healsville, Victoria, Australia. May, 2017.Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Researchers reviewing the data from a river water sample to determine whether any traces of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) DNA exist. Just a small trace means there are definitely platypus upstr...