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14 Deadly Mammals You’d Never Suspect Could Kill You
Mammals may seem like the friendliest and most familiar group in the animal kingdom, but some of them are hiding shocking ...
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Five surprisingly venomous animals
The platypus has a range of features that make it quite unlike any other animal. With a large bill, a paddle-like tail, webbed feet and a furry body, this funny-looking animal produces venom that ...
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Poison or Venom? What’s the Difference and Animals That Have Each
When thinking of a platypus, venom is not the thing that comes to most peoples’ minds. The platypus is the most venomous ...
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Platypus milk: How it could combat superbugs
Platypus milk could help combat one of humanity's looming problems, antibiotic resistance, scientists say. The weird creatures have a duck's beak, venomous feet and are one of only two mammals ...
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Interpreting Shared Characteristics: The Platypus Genome
No, it does not, and here's why: It turns out that venomous snakes and the platypus have different duplications of the b-defensin genes. So, while co-opting these genes seems to be a common ...
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The platypus puzzle
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling array of features. Not only does it have that iconic duck bill, it lays eggs like a bird or reptile but feeds milk to its young like a mammal.
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Australian man charged over taking wild platypus on train
The pair were captured on camera holding the animal at Morayfield, about an hour north of Brisbane city An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild, taking ...
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Platypus returns to an Australian national park after major conservation effort
Renowned for its bill, webbed feet and venomous spurs, the platypus is one of only two egg-laying mammals in the world.