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Australia: Giant Platypus and a Lost Eden

Australia: Giant Platypus and a Lost Eden

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Nov 07, 2013
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Australia’s weirdest animal just got weirder. The platypus has long spiked curiosity among biologists and those interested in animals.

It just doesn’t seem logical that a mammal should exhibit the characteristics of a bird. But this egg-laying, duck-billed beauty plays by its own rules. In fact, there are four other mammals that lay eggs instead of havin…

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