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Weather New York Herald Tribune September 7, 1948 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2967641246727932635134838748175/1948_The-New-York-Times_Betty--One-of-Bronx-Zoo_s-3-Platypuses--Is-Dead-After-Being-Exhibited-16-Months.png Betty, One of Bronx Zoo's 3 Platypuses, is dead after being exhibited for 16 Months New York Times September 7, 1948 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2967643160854331443606462182415/1948_The-Sun_Don_t-Provoke-A-Platypus_-If-you-do--he_ll-make-your-life-miserable.png Don't Provoke A Platypus: If you do, he'll make your life miserable. The Sun June 27, 1948 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2967645304919395130867646510095/1949_The-New-York-Times_Platypuses-Go-In--Penguins-Come-Out_-That-Means-It_s-Autumn-at-Bronx-Zoo.png Platypus Go In, Penguins Come Out That Means It’s Autumn at Bronx Zoo New York Times October 25, 1949 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2970484329944537435011670389775/1947-04-25-PR-Platypus.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2970484389748881721978036728847/21947-04-25-PR-Platypus.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2970484437415268408443518104591/31947-04-25-PR-Platypus.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2970484521403294176043106612239/41947-04-25-PR-Platypus.png https://penelope-platypus.free/1950-1952 2026-10-28T21:58:30+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2917830881917284711967883834383/1952_The-Townsville-Daily-Bulletin_No-Love-Nest-For-Platypus.jpg Summer Wedding Bells Expected to Chime For Duck-Billed Platypuses in Bronx Zoo The New York Times April 25, 1951 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2967674116187987583015352579087/1951_New-York-Herald-Tribune_Platypus-Pair-Busy-Trysting-As-Bronx-Zoo-Hopes-for-Family.png Platypus Pair Busy Trysting As Bronx Zoo Hopes for Family New York Herald Tribune Apr 26, 1947 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2967674426683583831694525379599/1951_The-New-York-Times_Coy-and-Decoy_-A-Couple-of-Animal-Stories.png Coy and Decoy: A Couple of Animal Stories The New York Times May 14, 1951 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2967674731331562209007770317839/1951_The-New-York-Times_Platypus-Begin-Leafy-Honeymoon_-Eucalyptus-Foliage--No-Flowers-Is-Pair_s-Going-Away-Wish-and-Bronx-Park-Obliges.png Platypuses Begin Leafy Honeymoon: Eucalyptus Foilage, No Flower Is New York Times May 14, 1951 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2967674908715453221798818657295/1951_The-New-York-Times_Summer-Wedding-Bells-Expected-to-Chime-For-Duck-Billed-Platypuses-in-Bronx-Zoo.png Summer Wedding Bells Expected to Chime For Duck-Billed Platypuses in Bronx Zoo The New York Times April 25, 1951 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2967675026793062037613658551311/1952_The-Atlanta-Constitution_Penelope-Cools-Off-Platypus-Romance.png Penelope Cools Off Platypus Romance The Atlanta Constitution June 27, 1952 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2967675120613202396500438070287/1952_The-Auston-Stateman_Platypuses-Have-Lover_s-Fuss.png Platypuses Have Lovers' Fuss The Austin Statesman November 6, 1952 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2967750917399157553509969736719/1952_Love-Among-Platypuses_.png Love Among Platypuses The New York Times June 27, 1952 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2967751847170399100692499837967/The-Platonic-Platypuses.jpeg The Platonic Platypuses Cosmopolitian September 1952 https://penelope-platypus.free/1953-1954 2026-10-28T21:58:31+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2917830881917284711967883834383/1952_The-Townsville-Daily-Bulletin_No-Love-Nest-For-Platypus.jpg Tension in the Platypusary, Penelope Seems Expectant New York Herald Tribune July 9, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2967704447726546125862045529103/1953_New-York-Herald-Tribune_No-Platypus-Jr-copy.png No Platypus Jr. New York Herald Tribune November 6, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2967704610998677922265286882319/1953_New-York-Herald-Tribune_Penelope-Eats-Like-a-Mother.png Penelope Eats Like a Mother New York Herald Tribune July 21, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2967704773551386699793855722511/1953_New-York-Herald-Tribune_Penelope_s-Joke.png Penelope's Joke New York Herald Tribune November 7, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2967705053775875923515654321167/1953_New-York-Herald-Tribune_Tension-in-the-Platypusary--Penelope-Seems-Expectant.png Tension in the Platypusary, Penelope Seems Expectant New York Herald Tribune July 9, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2967705808561303187489377793039/1953_Newsday_Penelope-Croons-Duckbill-Lullabies-Over-Platypusary_s-Little-Maybes.png Penelope Croons Duckbill Lullabies Over Platypusary's Little Maybes Newsday July 16, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2967707072864248511394626450447/1953_The-Atlanta-constitution_platypus-Penny-Lives-Like-Queen-But-Zoo-Fails-To-Get-a-Royal-Heir.png Platypus Penny Lives Like Queen But Zoo Fails To Get a Royal Heir The Atlanta Constitution November 6, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2967707309369954280424787719183/1953_The-Austin-Statesman_It-Looks-Like-Penelope-Really-Has-Given-Birth.png It Looks Like Penelope Really Has Given Birth The Austin Statesman July 15, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2967708407504628988354395419663/1953_The-Globe-and-Mail_What-Next_-Bronx-Zoo-Soon-to-Hear-the-Tap-Tap-of-Little-Platypus-Bills.png What Next?: Bronx Zoo Soon fo Hear the Tap-Tap of Little Platypus The Globe and Mail July 9, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2967708645135586145880839336975/1953_The-Hartford-Courant_No-Sign-Of-Any-Family--Platypus-Just-Hungry.png No Sign Of Any Family, Platypus Just Hungry The Hartford Courant Nov 6, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2967709593482698975288887915535/1953_The-Hartford-Courant_No-Sign-Of-Any-Family--Platypus-Just-Hungry.png Is Penelope Busy Raising A Family Or Just Hungry? The Sun November 2, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2967710469924403405377104294927/ZooFaker.png Zoo Platypus Isn’t a Mother After All, Only a Faker The New York Times November 6, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2967710910838480255182807020559/1953_Times-Pictorial_Platypus-Will-Multiply.png Platypus Will Multiply Times Pictorial Aug 15, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2967711068318334412441249166351/1954_New-York-Herald-Tribune_Bronx-Platypuses-Reunited-Again.png Bronx Platypuses Reunited Again New York Herald Tribune May 8, 1954 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2967711210044669130751734232079/1954_The-New-York-Times_Penelope-Wants-No-Platypus-Romance_-Snubs-Cecil-As-Their-Zoo-Winter-Ends.png Penelope Wants No Platypus Romance; Snubs Cecils as Their Zoo Winter Ends The New York Times May 8, 1954 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2967736547643778550801194595343/1954_The-New-York-Times_2-In-One-Platypus-Show.png 2 In One - Platypus Show The New York Times January 10, 1954 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2967765131740717735215772513295/1953_The-Mail_Penelope-Is-Expectinga-Platypus.jpg Penelope Is Expecting—a Platypus The Mail July 11, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2967767350017032831010482992143/1953_The-Courier-Mail_Sad-News-from-Penelope-Platypus.jpg Sad News from Penelope Platypus The Courier-Mail November 7, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2967772222060397114734998500367/1953_The-New-York-Times_Penelope-Yields-to-Cecil_s-Charms-And-Zoo-Hopes-for-Baby-Platypus.png Penelope Yields to Cecil’s Charms And Zoo Hopes for Baby Platypus The New York Times July 9, 1953 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2967773693317364201587706737679/1953_New-York-Tribune_Has-Zoo-a-Baby-Platypus_-Penelope-Acts-Like-Mother.png Has Zoo a Babv Platypus? Penelope Acts Like Mother New York Herald Tribune July 16, 1953 https://penelope-platypus.free/1957 2026-10-28T21:58:31+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2730452495196042317694508774415/Screenshot-2026-01-04-at-11.08.18-PM.png End of the Affair Time Magazine August 19, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2731485978644457913751183078415/13May1959.jpg Only Male Platypus Has Poison Gland Waterloo Region Record May 13, 1959 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2731487181962467329972654093327/Newsday_Suffolk_Edition__1959_03_28_18.jpg End of a Platypus Era Newsday March 28, 1959 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2731493508974323683464343761935/The_Tampa_Tribune_1958_06_08_50.jpg 3 Platypus To Replace Escapee The Tampa Tribune June 8, 1958 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2731497720402889199502396797967/6June1958.jpeg Cecil Dies, Penny Flees The Philadelphia Inquirer June 6, 1958 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2731499215124114748113654690831/13March1958.jpg Good News for Platypus Lovers The Age March 13, 1958 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2731500597578455864128581448719/2October1957.jpg Penelope Platypus Strays; Publicity Stunt Hinted Valley Times October 2, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2731502176545961597371361571855/24September1957.jpg Zoo Officials Give Up Hunt For Platypus Anaheim Bulletin September 24, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2731503040277859360673696887823/News_Journal_1957_09_21_18.jpg Jilted Platypus Dies From Broken Heart News Journal September 21, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2731504056103162011711285277711/The_Boston_Globe_1957_09_21_10.jpg Exit the Platypus The Boston Globe September 21, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2731507620217031237207462556687/The_Florida_Times_Union_1957_09_20_53.jpg Cecil, Bronx Zoo’s Platypus, Expires; Heartbreak Over Penelope Suspected The Florida Times September 20, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2731572200534039351418972320783/28November1958.jpg Duck-Billed Platypus Breaks Nature’s Rules The Tampa Tribune November 28, 1958 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2917830881917284711967883834383/1952_The-Townsville-Daily-Bulletin_No-Love-Nest-For-Platypus.jpg Platypuses Mark 10th Year at Zoo; 2 Survivors Still a Mystery to Most and as Nervous as Day They Arrived The New York Times April 30, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2967776466158146385312667448335/1957_The-New-York-times_Platypuses-Mark-10th-Year-at-Zoo.png Platypuses Mark 10th Year at Zoo; 2 Survivors Still a Mystery to Most and as Nervous as Day They Arrived The New York Times April 30, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2967778371485448270624834761743/1957_The-New-York-Times_Platypus-Flees-Ardent-Zoo-Mate.png Platypus Flees Ardent Zoo Mate; Penelope Is Missing in Bronx After Cecil Forces Way Into Her Hideaway Nearby Waters Searched The New York Times August 6, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2967778528928408939735857804303/1957_The-New-York-Times_Zoo-May-Replace-Missing-Platypus.png ZOO MAY REPLACE MISSING PLAYTPUS; Hopes for Penelope Fading After 10 Days--Searchers Set Out Crayfish Lures The New York Times August 9, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2967778757243760340038978155535/1957_The-Sun_No-Lover-Boy-For-Penelope.png No Lover Boy For Penelope The Sun August 6, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2967797521364065837763429708815/1957_Newsday_Whoever-Heard-of-a-Platonic-Platypus_.png Whoever Heard of a Platonic Platypus Newsday August 6, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2967803892685001456305462359055/Bronx_Zoo_Platypus_Is_Gone._De-copy.png Bronx Zoo Platypus Is Gone. Deserting Her Unloved Mate New York Herald Tribune August 6, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2967809589629867228173707031567/videoframe_16105.png HAS ANYONE SEEN PENELOPE? Newsreels from the UCLA Film & Television Archive August 9, 1957 <a href="https://newsreels.net/v/i56b1n" target="_blank"><text-icon icon="north-east-arrow"></text-icon>Link to Video</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2967811995029954207678109103119/August_6-_1957_Page_19_of_22.png Shy girl platypus gives mate the air The Leader Post August 6, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2967818205107899877924951077903/Saga_Of_Pretty_Platypus_Likene.png Saga Of Pretty Platypus Likened To Human Life The Hartford Courant August 12, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2967820286730734875679303185423/1957_The-Hartford-Courant_Penelope-Takes-It-On-the-Lam.png Penelope Takes It On the Lam The Hartford Courant August 13, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2967821274406306070236115809295/1957_The-New-York-Times_BRONX-ZOO-GETS-PLATYPUS-OFFER.png BRONX ZOO GETS PLATYPUS OFFER; Sydney Would Send One to Replace Missing Penelope, but Director Seeks Pair A Show of Affection The New York Times August 17, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2967823177021936576712979035151/1957_The-New-York-Times_Platypus-Aid-Offered.png PLATYPUS AID OFFERED; Australian Is Ready to Try to Replace Lost Penelope The New York Times August 19, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2967825532984749438675782775823/1957_Brazen.jpeg Publicist Penelope Popularizes Platypus Tuscon Citizen August 30, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2967827294870169406822476723215/1957_The-New-York-Times_Zoo-Mourns-Penelope.png ZOO MOURNS PENELOPE; Platypus Who Fled Ardent Mate 'Probably Dead' The New York Times September 18, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2967828922850674143911535490063/1957_PresumedDead.jpeg Platypus Penelope Presumed Perished The Evening Sun September 18, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2967830410359222759702358701071/1957_LovedinVain.jpeg Here Lies a Platypus Who Loved in Vain Newsday September 20, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2967835540509430122770920420367/1957_The-New-York-Times_Platypus-Dies-of-Age-and-Grief-Over-Love-of-His-Platonic-Mate.png Platypus Dies of Age and Grief Over Loss of His Platonic Mate; In Poor Health All Summer The New York Times September 20, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2967844205535417354506020107279/Broken_Heart_Kills_Cecil_Whose.png Broken Heart Kills Cecil Whose Platypus Mate Fled The Hartford Courant September 20, 1957 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2967860829280007979711197656079/1958_Newsday_Hail--Platypuses.png Hail, Platypuses Newsday June 13, 1958 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2967867662525861948014112322575/1958_The-New-York-Times_PLATYPUSES-BOW--DON-T-GIVE-A-SNAP--Duckbills-Stow-Customary-Temperament-in-a-Regal-Debut-at-Bronx-Zoo.png PLATYPUSES BOW; DON'T GIVE A SNAP; Duckbills Stow Customary Temperament in a Regal Debut at Bronx Zoo The New York Times June 4, 1958 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2967869266378025436691077575695/1958_New-York-Herald-Tribune_Patty-the-Platypus-Dead--2-Others-at-Zoo-Survive1.png Patty the Platypus Dead; 2 Others at Zoo Survive New York Herald Tribune November 12, 1958 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2967874109257087339880791979023/1959_New-York-Herald-Tribune_An-Era-Ends-at-the-Zoo_-Last-of-Platypuses-DIes.png An Era Ends at the Zoo: Last of Platypuses Dies New York Herald Tribune March 26, 1959 https://penelope-platypus.free/contribute 2026-10-28T21:58:32+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2917830881917284711967883834383/1952_The-Townsville-Daily-Bulletin_No-Love-Nest-For-Platypus.jpg https://penelope-platypus.free/footer 2026-10-28T21:58:33+00:00 always 0.5