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A male duck billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in Oceania
by Steve Axford
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A male duck billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in Oceania
by Steve Axford
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have you done the humble platypus?
Have you seen the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)?
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I didn't know this, but apparently platypus babies have teeth, which they lose around the time they leave their natal burrow. Adult platypuses do not have teeth. Another thing I didn't know: when they walk on land they walk on their knuckles, to protect the webbing of their feet.
One of the few egg-laying mammals on our planet is the echidna. They are medium sized solitary mammals covered in fur and spines made of keratin. Although they closely resemble hedgehogs and fill the same ecological niche they are not closely related at all. ©Ross Holdsworth
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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Blowing bubbles is a great summer pastime, especially for echidnas! Too keep themselves cool, short-beaked echidnas blow snot bubbles, and the mucus wets their snouts. When it the mucus evaporates the moisture draws out heat-- an efficient cooling method known as evaporative cooling.
(Image: A short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) by Jamie Lamb)
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Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals
Monotremata. The only order of mammals to lay eggs. It is made up of the duck-billed platypus and echidnas.
Chiroptera. This order is made up of bats, the only mammals capable of self-powered flight. It is the second-most speciose order of mammals, with over 1400 species.
Which clade of animals is better?
Monotremata
Chiroptera
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Western long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijni
The western long-beaked echidna is the largest of the monotremes.
Image source: robhutchinson
Tachyglossus aculeatus
18-SEP-2025
Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic
