david fleay

[elapid@]

stumbled up on this flick on you tube........what a great man he was in his time David Fleay Nature's Gentleman - YouTube

love the history of Australian wild life

 

[SteveNT]

Mate he was a ripper! I met him in the 60s when I was a kid. He answered all of my questions (and I had plenty). He didnt show me his thylacine scar though haha!

 

[Bluetongue1]

David Fleay was a most remarkable fellow. He was the first to breed the platypus in captivity, in 1943 at Healseville Sanctuary. It was 55 years before the sanctuary managed to repeat the effort. There is no question that his knowledge and understanding of our bush as it used to be was awesome. You were most fortunate to have actually met the man SteveNT. No doubt a seminal moment in your life.

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