Penelope the Platypus

the story of penelope, the “brazen hussy”[1] and “saucy female who like[s] to keep a male on a string” [2]
gather & disperse

17 entries

the lore: 1947 - 1952


25 April 1947


Three Little Platypuses End 13,000-Mile Journey To Bronx The Sun
1947
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Rare Platypuses Arrive, Gobble Up Bronx Worms
Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif.. 26 Apr 1947: 4. 

12 March 1958

Rare Baby Duckbills
LIFE
1958
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Platypus for Bronx Zoo
Heffernan, Pat.  The Palestine Post (1933-1950); Jerusalem, Israel. 16 May 1947: 5. 

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The Discontented Platypuses
Toomey, John A.  America; New York Vol. 77, Iss. 8,  (May 24, 1947): 223. 

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Don't Provoke A Platypus: If you do, he'll make your life miserable. He's the most contrary, opinionated and unpredictable character in the whole Bronx Zoo
Bridges, William.  The Sun (1837-); Baltimore, Md.. 27 June 1948: TW8.  

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Betty, the Platypus, Dies of N.Y. Weather: Summer Heal, Winter Cold, Do In One of Zoo's 3
New York Herald Tribune (1926-1962); New York, N.Y.. 07 Sep 1948: 30.