Man charged for taking wild platypus on train and shopping trip

A man in Australia has been charged with animal protection offences after taking a platypus on a train ride and to a shopping centre. The man is accused of removing the platypus from a waterway in northern Queensland, which is illegal under conservation laws. The platypus was later released into the Caboolture River, but its condition is unknown. Platypuses are native to Australia's freshwater rivers and are part of a rare group of mammals that lay eggs.