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Unrealistic precision[edit]

"This species weighs an average of 2,398 g (5.287 lb) in males and 1,551 g (3.419 lb) in females, with the smallest females weighing only 993 g (2.189 lb) and the largest males weighing up to 3,170 g (6.99 lb)" Those numbers are unrealistically precise. 2001:14BA:15FD:9000:9BD:BB15:6937:170C (talk) 13:36, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled[edit]

The link to 'lek' is to the Albanian currency. Perhaps a new page is needed for the mating system (about which I know nothing.) - Molinari

File:Biziura lobata - Sandford.jpg to appear as POTD[edit]

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Biziura lobata - Sandford.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on November 23, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-11-23. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:15, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The musk duck (Biziura lobata) is a duck native to southern Australia and the only extant member of its genus. Named for the peculiar musky odour that it gives off during breeding season, this duck is highly aquatic, preferring deep, still lakes and wetlands with areas of both open water and reed beds. The musk duck feeds primarily on water beetles, yabbies, water snails, and freshwater shellfish, supplemented with a variety of aquatic plants and a few fish.Photograph: JJ Harrison

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The Bunyip Myth[edit]

Perhaps something should be said here about how often the behaviour and appearance of this bird has given rise to talk of 'bunyips' in local waterholes.

For example The Murrumbidgee Bunyip — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:9579:17E1:C82E:6896 (talk) 05:08, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]