OldFart White # Atheist , on BoonWurrung Land; # GoodTVSeries ; # CurrentlyListeningTo ; # FavouriteBooks (usu non-fict); whinge # Crapitalism ; # SystemicRacism ; happy to discuss # Bipolar or # MentalHealth or just listen if that’s wot is needed Banner says “Imagine your ancestors massacring vulnerable people and you celebrating it every year lol. You’re all psychopaths.” Madeline Hayman-Reber Avatar Description; Wednesday Addams with incredulous expression
OldFart White # Atheist , on BoonWurrung Land; # GoodTVSeries ; # CurrentlyListeningTo ; # FavouriteBooks (usu non-fict); whinge # Crapitalism ; # SystemicRacism ; happy to discuss # Bipolar or # MentalHealth or just listen if that’s wot is needed Banner says “Imagine your ancestors massacring vulnerable people and you celebrating it every year lol. You’re all psychopaths.” Madeline Hayman-Reber Avatar Description; Wednesday Addams with incredulous expression
#SerenityInOz— a quiz about Australian stuff —Mon 23 Mar, 2026
(Please boost for reach, and try to CW your answers)
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i am semiaquatic,
i am a monotreme,
endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania
i am the sole living member of my family and genus
i use electrolocation to detect prey when I’m under water
in 1799 the first naturalists to see my body (in a preserved state) assumed I was a fake or prank
i have been a legally protected species since 1912
the Indigenous peoples who know of me and have given me a name in their language are many,
the name i am commonly given in australia is derived from greek, and means “flat foot”
:questionbox: what is my common name?
:questionbox: what SHOULD be the plural of my common name?
:questionbox: do you know my genus name?
:questionbox: what’s a monotreme?
:questionbox: which gender of my species has a venomous spur?
