Aussie Icon: Bushranger Platypus
|
An exciting new character from |
 |
 |
Watch out for this mean-tempered platypus. He doesn’t like to be disturbed and is seldom in the mood to listen, but bring him potato chips and he’ll soon take off his armour. |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 |
Facts about the Platypus: Even though a platypus is a mammal, these extraordinary animals lay eggs – making them a monotreme. Platypuses have enough venom to kill a small dog. In 1798, when the platypuses were first discovered and a specimen was sent to England, the British scientific community initially though it was a hoax. |
 |
About the Aussie Bushranger: In Australia, escaped convicts were the original bushrangers, but as the gold rush came to Australia, a few lawless characters took to a life of ‘robbery under arms’. Men like Dan Morgan, Captain Thunderbolt, Dan Morgan and Ned Kelly would ‘bail-up’ people on the roads and rob small-town banks. Today the bushranger has been romanticised into an Aussie Icon. |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 |
 |
Coming soon to a shop near you. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
