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Title: Platypus an Aussie Icon
Post by: Tina Greco - Melbourne on February 01, 2008, 03:45:03 AM
(http://www.biblelife.org/evolution-platypus.gif)

(http://www.perlgurl.org/archives/blogpics/platypus.jpg)

(http://www.condorcet.com.au/_oz/marsupials/platypus.jpg)
Title: Re: Platypus an Aussie Icon
Post by: Rubystars on February 01, 2008, 09:47:12 AM
I think they're very cool. That "beak" picks up on prey in the mud which the platypus eats. They're extremely suited to their environment.

The platypus is also a monotreme, a very primitive type of reptile like mammal. Like reptiles, it has one hole for both reproduction and waste, called a cloaca, and it lays eggs.

The males have a venomous spur that causes pain so bad that morphine doesn't help. You have to ask for a "nerve block" which is the only thing that will stop the horrible pain.
Title: Re: Platypus an Aussie Icon
Post by: Ari on February 03, 2008, 02:39:46 AM
They look like beavers with duck masks! O0
Title: Re: Platypus an Aussie Icon
Post by: newman on February 03, 2008, 02:42:39 AM
They're not as rare as many think. They're quite plentiful in creeks in the suburbs around large cities. They're just shy and evasive.
Title: Re: Platypus an Aussie Icon
Post by: Sarah on February 04, 2008, 06:50:18 PM
They're not as rare as many think. They're quite plentiful in creeks in the suburbs around large cities. They're just shy and evasive.

Aren't they poisonous! If i'm not wrong they have a venomous claw behind their heels.


Title: Re: Platypus an Aussie Icon
Post by: Tina Greco - Melbourne on February 04, 2008, 06:51:52 PM
They're not as rare as many think. They're quite plentiful in creeks in the suburbs around large cities. They're just shy and evasive.

Aren't they poisonous! If i'm not wrong they have a venomous claw behind their heels.




Yes very poisonous