Editing Platypus (section)

=== Usage ===
[[Aboriginal Australians]] used to hunt platypuses for food (their fatty tails being particularly nutritious), while, after colonisation, Europeans hunted them for fur from the late 19th century until 1912, when it was prohibited by law.<ref name=1912article>{{cite web | title=Protecting Wild Animals | work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)]] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5338401 | access-date=9 August 2023 | archive-date=9 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809172243/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5338401 |date=27 September 1912 | url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, European researchers captured and killed platypus or removed their eggs, partly in order to increase scientific knowledge, but also to gain prestige and outcompete rivals from different countries.<ref name=2020report/>