the duck billed platypus. got me through high school biology (i didn't do so hot w/ spelling, but, the above is "close.")
the thing is, there isn't anything that the duck billed platy ain't. it's a mammal, but it lays eggs and doesn't suckle its young w/ breasts, it just "oozes."
it has poison glands.
it's blind.
it's a predator.
and, there is that thing w/ the "duck's" bill, and the webbed feet.
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the duck billed platypus. got me through high school biology (i didn't do so hot w/ spelling, but, the above is "close.")
the thing is, there isn't anything that the duck billed platy ain't. it's a mammal, but it lays eggs and doesn't suckle its young w/ breasts, it just "oozes."
it has poison glands.
it's blind.
it's a predator.
and, there is that thing w/ the "duck's" bill, and the webbed feet.
what a wonderful critter.
john jay
Another thing the platypus duck isn't: it isn't a mammal.
ReplyDeleteIt's a marsupial, just like its cousins the wombat, the kanga, the possum and the vampire drop bear.
There IS a mammal that has poison glands, however - the human female - the only known mammal with poison claws and poison fangs.
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