It’s a semi-aquatic exotic with some remarkable traits! This week, we’re exploring the strange but true story of the platypus. * Platypuses use “electrolocation” while feeding, sending out impulses ...
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The insane biology of a platypus

The platypus isn’t just a strange animal — it’s a puzzle piece that shouldn’t exist. It lays eggs like a reptile, has fur ...
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With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them believed ...
In a remote Australian river, a fisherman says he has encountered an ultra-rare pink platypus, one of only a handful ever ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - From high altitudes to tropical rainforests, platypuses are native to Eastern Australia. When it was first scientifically described in 1799, it was laughed at and checked for ...