Farley Connelly at EnviroDNA teaches volunteers how to take samples Donna Lu
鈥淧latypus and fish are all shedding DNA into the water 鈥 it can be skin cells, hair cells, scales,鈥 says ecologist . 鈥淎 lot of it is actually urine and faeces 鈥 which, next time you’re swimming in the river, is probably not a great picture.鈥
There are a few chuckles from the dozen or so members of the Moorabool Catchment Landcare Group, who have joined Griffiths at a park in Ballan, a town in Victoria, Australia, located 78 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
Griffiths works for EnviroDNA, a…
