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ESCONDIDO, Calif. - Researchers with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are taking part in a brand new study to learn the impacts of climate change on the world's platypus population.As the only zoo outside of Australia with a platypus on exhibit, the zoo is uniquely positioned to take part.'This is why we're here,' says Dr. Hendrik Nollens , the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's VP of Wildlife Health. 'We are a conservation organization.
'There are already dire conditions, there's already pressure, stressors on these animals. Many of those things, a lot of time, get exacerbated by climate change.'While not listed as 'endangered,' the platypus population is considered 'threatened.' Because of their elusive nature and murky, hard to find habitat, zoologists have a hard time estimating how many live in the wild. It's believed that number could range from 30,000 to 300,000.
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