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The water rats may have started feasting on harder animals like crayfish and mussels, which pushed monotremes toward softer foods like shrimp and worms.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
An Aboriginal dreamtime story about the platypus (one indigenous name for the animal is Dharragarra) explains its origin as the product of a courtship between a water rat and a duck.
—Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
An Aboriginal dreamtime story about the platypus (one indigenous name for the animal is Dharragarra) explains its origin as the product of a courtship between a water rat and a duck.
—Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
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“Water rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20rat. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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