Platypus: World's Strangest Animal
2003•E•52m•9.0•Released
Documentary
One of only two living mammals to lay eggs, the platypus has baffled and inspired the scientific community for hundreds of years. Three years in the making, this stunning natural history film takes us down the East Coast of Australia to the many serenely beautiful habitats of the platypus. Technology specially created for this film captures images from inside the nesting chamber of a wild platypus, and records the extraordinary sounds of the mother suckling her offspring. We watch as they grow from newborns to adulthood. Join renowned documentary makers David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook (Dragons of Galapagos, Wolves of the Sea) on this fascinating journey from the rainforests of Queensland to the frozen mountains of Tasmania, as they reveal new insights into this mysterious creature.
Writer
Jonathan Holmes
Languages
English
Studio
Discovery Communications
Production
Company
Discovery Communications
Company
ABC Natural History Unit
Company
Telcast International GmbH
Producer
Elizabeth Parer-Cook
Producer
David Parer
Recommended
7.7
Earth
2007
7.9
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
2026
7.9
My Octopus Teacher
2020
6.2
Naqoyqatsi
2002
7.3
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
2008
6.7
Shark Whisperer
2025
7
Born to Be Wild
2011
7.3
African Cats
2011
7.7
Dancing with the Birds
2019
6.9
Chimpanzee
2012
7.5
A Plastic Ocean
2016
6.8
Dolphin Reef
2018
7.6
Puff: Wonders of the Reef
2021
7.9
The Year Earth Changed
2021
7.2
Wings of Life
2011
7.5
One Life
2011
7.7
Elephant
2020
6.2
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
6.9
Deep Blue
2003
8.5
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022
Similar Movies
Aliens Of The Sea
1999
In Wolf Country
2024
Nille at Ringsö
2023
Whiteley
2017
7.1
March of the Penguins
2005
7.7
Earth
2007
6.9
Deep Blue
2003
8
Heïdi's Ice
2023
Girls and Boxes
2026
La voie des glaces
2021
Emerald Islands Of Malaysia
2017
Gorillas: From the Heart of Darkness
0
The Cranker: A Bar on Borrowed Time
2025
6
After the Endling
2022
Konzert am Tümpel
1952
Konzert am Tümpel
1990
7
Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958
Deutschlands wilde Vögel
2013
Erlebnis Erde: Tausend Moore, hundert Seen und ein Wald - Naturwunder Schorfheide
2021
9
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985