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Now We Know Why Platypus Are So Weird - Their Genes Are Part Bird, Reptile, And Mammal
https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | CARLY CASSELLA | 8 JANUARY 2021

Posted on 01/08/2021 7:20:47 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Red Badger. Y'know, I've never seen one in a zoo.

21 posted on 01/08/2021 8:09:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Red Badger

Interesting. Thanks.


22 posted on 01/08/2021 8:11:57 AM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: Red Badger

Now We Know Why Platypus Are So Weird - Because Australia.

There. Fixed it.


23 posted on 01/08/2021 8:31:01 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Red Badger

The male platypus is one of the few mammals that has a venom that is injected by a fang on the rear leg. It can be lethal.


24 posted on 01/08/2021 8:36:47 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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25 posted on 01/08/2021 8:37:57 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Proof that even God used to get drunk once in a while.......that’s why He gave us beer.


26 posted on 01/08/2021 8:39:47 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Indeed genes act bad sometimes.


27 posted on 01/08/2021 8:40:45 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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28 posted on 01/08/2021 8:42:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SunkenCiv

CRISPR gene editing?


29 posted on 01/08/2021 8:49:43 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Red Badger

Or God was just messing with us...


30 posted on 01/08/2021 8:50:26 AM PST by jagusafr ( )
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Left over parts from creation. God doesn’t like to be wasteful.


31 posted on 01/08/2021 8:50:51 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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Because the CRISPR, the CRISPR, is on our lips...


32 posted on 01/08/2021 8:58:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

I’ve always said that mosquitoes are part of the curse! But I like your reason too!


33 posted on 01/08/2021 2:06:49 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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