The platypus is one of the most unique animals in the world. It’s a mammal, but it lays eggs. It has webbed feet, a beaver-like tail, and an otter-like snout and bill that helps it locate food ...

Adult males measure 15.7 to 24.8 inches long from the tip of their bill to the tip of their tail and weigh 1.7 to 6.6 pounds. Females are smaller than males, measuring 14.5 to 21.6 inches in length ...

The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after disappearing from the area ...

WHEN news reached London of a mole-like animal with webbed feet and a duck’s bill, many people thought it was a hoax. It was the late 18th century, Britain had just begun colonising Australia and the ...

From its duck-like bill to its venomous spur, the platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth. Discover the bizarre biology and surprising features that make this creature truly one of a kind.

When mating, platypus put their bill on each other’s tail, like they’re in a trance, in what filmmaker Pete Walsh dubbed the “platypus love donut.” - [Narrator] I was following Scoot upriver and we ...

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