This file photo taken on Feb 16, 2006, shows a platypus baby or "puggle" held before being transferred back to its burrow after emerging for the first time at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.PHOTO: AFP.
SYDNEY: Two platypuses have been found decapitated in Australia, with wildlife officials Tuesday saying they were deliberately killed in "despicable" acts of cruelty.
Three of the rare mammals were discovered dead at a botanical gardens in the rural town of Albury in New South Wales, two with their heads cut off.
