{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PoohsDen","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden","author_name":"Vinitha","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/author\/pooh_admin\/","title":"In Search of the Monotreme &#8212; PoohsDen","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aoWw7Wo29c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/in-search-of-the-monotreme\/\">In Search of the Monotreme<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/in-search-of-the-monotreme\/embed\/#?secret=aoWw7Wo29c\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;In Search of the Monotreme&#8221; &#8212; PoohsDen\" data-secret=\"aoWw7Wo29c\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Last weekend we decided it was time to watch one of nature&#8217;s unique creatures in wild. We packed up and headed towards Eungella National Park &#8211; one of the best places to watch platypus. Most people tend to associate Australia with kangaroos or koalas or boomerangs but it is the shy platypuses that have had my attention forever. Beyond pictures, I have spotted the platypus in zoos and marvelled at their uniqueness. Soft bill, webbed front-feet, egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal and endemic to Eastern Australia &#8211; these creatures are so weird. In a good way. Platypuses are shy. They get scared easily &#8211; like the click of the DSLR freaks them off. Mostly nocturnal, the best time for spotting them frolicking in the river are the early morning and late evening hours. We joined the groups of tourists on the viewing platform hushing kids, zooming camera lenses and eyes glued to the shallow green-brown river. You look for the bubbles and suddenly you see a small piece of driftwood floating. By the time you realise it was a platypus, it dives in and the wait begins again. It was extremely hard to get pictures of the platypus especially on my phone. [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8091.jpg"}