Just when I think they cant be any more absurd, the little fuckers surprise me again. Here’s some more interesting facts about the platypus:
- They lay eggs.
- Their closest living relative is the echidna, which also lays eggs. Platypuses and echidnas are the only two living mammals that lay eggs.
- The male has venomous barbs on its hind legs. They are one of the very few venomous mammals. It’s non-lethal, but is one of the most painful stings of any animal. Morphine has no effect on the pain.
- The female has two ovaries, but only the left one is functional.
- They locate their prey in part by detecting tiny electrical signals caused by muscle contractions in the prey’s body.
- Despite possessing mammary glands, they don’t have teats. Instead, they “sweat” it out of the pores in their skin and their young lap it off of their fur.
- They have no stomach.
- They have ten sex chromosomes. A male platypus is always XYXYXYXYXY.
- Their young are born with teeth, but they fall out before they reach adulthood. Adults instead use gravel as makeshift teeth.
- They have cheek pouches to carry their food in.
- They walk on their knuckles.
- They get the most REM sleep of any animal (5.8-8 hours a day).
What does blue mean?
Orcs are near
Light the fire!
*illuminated sobbing*
I laughed so hard the first time I saw that
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That platypus is Perry-colored
It’s always something new with these fucking guys, isn’t it
Wtf…
mother nahure was high af when creating them
Just upvoting for the platypus facts in the body.
So looking into this more, a lot of mammals do this. Quite a few mammals can see in the uv spectrum too, even humans. It’s our lens that filters it out, with it removed we can see down to 300 nm. Interesting rabbit hole that I wish I had more time to go down.
The multiple is platapussies
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