article_snippet.sent: The prickly Australian mammal was filmed paddling out to sea in the turquoise waters off the Mornington Peninsula, 83 km south of Melbourne.
article_snippet.sent: Where The prickly Australian mammal was heading, is anyone's guess.
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article_snippet.sent: biologists think the mammals evolved from aquatic ancestors like the platypus.
article_snippet.sent: Gary Sutton, a park ranger from Narawntapu National Park in Tasmania, said Gary Sutton, a park ranger from Narawntapu National Park in Tasmania has also seen  wallabies and wombats surfing.
article_snippet.sent: Gary Sutton, a park ranger from Narawntapu National Park in Tasmania previously told the ABC Gary Sutton, a park ranger from Narawntapu National Park in Tasmania thought the animals went in the water to get rid of parasites, like lice and ticks.