Platypus
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Not only does the platypus "have feet like a duck but it's furry," (remember that commercial from the 80s?) it also has venomous spurs on it's hind feet that inject predators (and possibly other male platypuses competing for the same mate) with poison strong enough to kill small animals and cause extreme pain to humans.  So the next time you're in Australia and come across one of these egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammals, don't pick it up. 

That's the most interesting new thing I've learned in quite some time. 

 Friday
Nov 16, 2007
12:22 pm
Dave:

Add to that ... no-nippled - "the young nurse through the abdominal skin."  Wow.

 Friday
May 9, 2008
1:48 pm
Wendy:

It's a monotreme (egg-laying mammal) along with the spiny anteater called a echidna. Talk about another weird animal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna

 Tuesday
May 13, 2008
12:46 pm
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