Exciting news! #PlatypusMatters now out in paperback and ready for purchase at our Museum of Zoology, Cambridge shop. Holding a stack in my hands and signing them is a great feeling. Get yours now before they sell out! #Dinosaurs

Exciting news! #PlatypusMatters is now available in paperback. This book celebrates the unique platypus and other Australian animals, while also delving into their history and future. Don't miss out on this must-read! #wildlife #conservation
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According to Jack Ashby at Cambridge HPS' 'Colonial Natures' event, Australian mammals like platypus have been consistently portrayed as strange due to colonial views of Australia's inferiority. Ashby also has a new book called #PlatypusMatters . #Dinosaurs

Charity shop find of the day. Sadly, the 🐨 is missing. However, other iconic species are here, and I guess for Jack Ashby the #PlatypusMatters 😉.

Wowsers. This review for #PlatypusMatters is so incredible that it's even making me want to read it. 😅

📢Many congratulations 😀 to our Assistant Director Jack Ashby, who has been awarded the prestigious ZSL Clarivate Award for the outstanding quality & clear communication style of his book #PlatypusMatters . ⭐📚 ⭐ZSL University of Cambridge Museums
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And we're off! #PlatypusMatters Jack Ashby

Jack Ashby Just starting to read my copy and already engrossed.

#PlatypusMatters

(Sent a link to my dad when he asked what I wanted for Christmas and he duly obliged!)

Australian mammals, in particular platypus, have been persistently othered & described as weird, views rooted in colonial views of Australia's inferiority says Jack Ashby at Cambridge HPS 'Colonial Natures' meeting.

Oh and Jack has a new book out, I hear #PlatypusMatters

Evening Oxford University Museum of Natural History with @jackdashby talking #PlatypusMatters and other mammals for OxonMammals

There's a story in the news today casting doubt on the idea that #wombats can outpace than Usain Bolt: abc.net.au/news/science/2…
My book #PlatypusMatters adds to the evidence that these brilliant dumpy beasts can indeed run that fast:

Everyone should read #PlatypusMatters ! It’s splendid!

Jack Ashby ZSL Dara McAnulty George Monbiot Dr Erica McAlister Dave Goulson Clarivate PEW Literary HarperCollins HarperCollinsUK HarperCollinsAU UChicagoPress Doug Young Hugely well deserved Jack! And lovely to see you at the awards last night ZSL #PlatypusMatters Everyone - if you’ve not already read Jack Ashby’s awesome book, do it!! It’s funny, readable, personable and full of the most mind-blowing facts about platypuses (and others)

Nice photographic thread by Jack Ashby from Museum of Zoology, Cambridge at Cambridge University about his book on Australian mammals #PlatypusMatters .

Congratulations to Jack Ashby of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge who just received *another* award for his excellent book #PlatypusMatters . Well done Jack! 🍾

Kangas are red
Roos are grey too
Only a Platypus
Does a square poo

#PlatypusMatters 📕
Jack Ashby

Thoroughly enjoyed my first OxonMammals talk this evening, I hope it's the first of many! Thank you Jack Ashby, I can't wait to read your book! #platypusmatters

Congratulations Jack Ashby - #PlatypusMatters is an amazing book, and this award is very well deserved!

Great service, again, from Hive.co.uk and Royal Mail getting Platypus Matters #PlatypusMatters to me to fill a day waiting for a boiler fix. Thanks to Jack Ashby for sharing the love harpercollins.co.uk/products/platy…

Well, shucks. This is nice! 😊
'It is rare to find such an exploration of biology, conservation, behaviour, and cultural significance in such an accessible form. #PlatypusMatters is a triumph of natural history writing'