Queensland police are reaching out to the public for assistance in locating a platypus which is alleged to have been stolen from the wild in Moreton Bay.
Two people have been spotted boarding a train with a wild platypus at around 11AM on Wednesday in Morayfield in Moreton Bay.
Police are urging the pair to hand the platypus into a vet or officers before it becomes ill.
The two people were seen with the platypus “wrapped in a towel” and showing other train commuters.
The pair are believed to have been travelling to Caboolture at the time.
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