Police hunt man who took platypus from the wild, showed it off to commuters on train
Australian police are hunting for a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment and onto a train where he showed it off to commuters. LONDON -- Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment and onto a train where he showed it off to fellow commuters . The incident occurred on Tuesday morning at approximately 11 a.m. local time when surveillance cameras caught a man and a friend boarding a train at Morayfiled Station in Queensland, Australia, with a platypus wrapped in a towel, according to Queensland Police. MORE: Feral cows to be gunned down by shooters in helicopters in US national forest Authorities say the man holding the platypus was “patting it and showing it to fellow commuters” while they made their way toward the town of Caboolture. It is believed the man came across the animal somewhere in the Moreton district of Queensland and that he stole it from its natural env...