Sydney Aquarium Back in Sydney and we visited the Aquarium, where we got to see our very first duck-billed platypus! These are freaks of nature, with bills and webbed feet like ducks, but fur and claws like digging animals. They are one of only 2 mammals which lay eggs (the other's the echidna, also only found in Oz), and they have to shut their eyes when they swim underwater so they use their noses to find food. But seeing them clumsily flap about underwater is fantastic. Along with the many, many fish, jellyfish, starfish, and other swimmy things, we saw some penguins (some of which only had one flipper), seals (one only had one eye), stingrays, turtles and sharks, with big, big teeth. Apparently the aquarium also operates as a sanctuary for injured or old animals.
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