Nature documentaries in the 1970s: bringing the soundtrack. Enjoy this medley of a platypus being cute as a slippery button for a solid 30 seconds, accompanied by jazzy flute and glockenspiel.

Although The Amazing Platypus (1973) was made by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit, its tone was more comic than erudite. The platypus, referred to throughout as ‘he’, is shown blundering into another platypus’ burrow, losing his way to the creek, and, in this selection of clips, full-tilt waddling, water-sliding down rocks and blowing bubbles.