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An unlikely mix of duck, beaver, and otter, the male platypus also has poisonous stingers on his rear feet.


1 posted on 03/04/2010 3:25:11 PM PST by JoeProBono
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Nowadays a good plastic surgeon could fix that ...


2 posted on 03/04/2010 3:27:02 PM PST by x
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God has a wonderful sense of humor. They are precious.


6 posted on 03/04/2010 3:37:30 PM PST by huldah1776
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Also unique (along with echidna, again) among mammals in not dreaming...


7 posted on 03/04/2010 3:38:46 PM PST by earglasses (I was blind, and now I hear...)
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Male platypuses are poisonous?! Ya learn something new every day!


11 posted on 03/04/2010 3:44:43 PM PST by Reaganesque ("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
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Thanks JoeProBono. They're so ugly they're cute. The name they were given definitely works against 'em though...

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12 posted on 03/04/2010 3:45:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Freedom is Priceless.)
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My favorite platypus is Perry on Phineas and Ferb!
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The James Bond of all platypusses...er, platypusi?
13 posted on 03/04/2010 3:47:49 PM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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monotremes rock!!!


18 posted on 03/04/2010 3:56:38 PM PST by xp38
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Nifty critter.


22 posted on 03/04/2010 4:00:34 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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Great photos. I actually got to see some in the wild whilst in Australia. Yes, truth is sometimes stranger than fiction
24 posted on 03/04/2010 4:07:02 PM PST by BornToBeAmerican
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31 posted on 03/04/2010 4:43:02 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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32 posted on 03/04/2010 4:45:52 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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