The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypic taxon of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species appear in the fossil record.
Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes. It is one of the few mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like other monotremes, it senses prey through electrolocation. It is one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom, capable of causing severe pain to humans. The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, and the first scientists to examine a preserved platypus body (in 1799) judged it a fake, made of several animals sewn together.
Nature is a comrade, and she remains undefeated all-time. Animals rock.
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I will find the developer of this nonsense and I will punch him in his smarmy liberal face.
I'd like to thank younger me for not getting that red hot chili peppers tattoo
In your defense you are not an ambualnce. I knew a guy that got a hoodie of that and then failed out of ambualnce school. It.... it was a poetic moment.
People are calling for a boycott of coca-cola. No, not for any of its crimes, and abuse of people the world over, because they're still selling in Russia.
God Bless America.
New type of intrusive thought unlocked: "You could just swallow that, you know" whenever I'm handling small hard objects. "Just slip it into your mouth and it'd be irrevocably gone. Go on, try it"
I’m like that with light bulbs and christmas decorations
Well over 24 hours now not smoking, still using the gum. I've noticed the brand name stop smoking gum works way better than the store brand, My cat is eating his new dry food too which is good! I also don't feel as depressed as I did yesterday and the day before.
