A baby platypus is called a puggle. 😍

Did you know platypus is a mammal who lays eggs and has no nipples, feeding its young with milk that oozes out of its skin.

Mind boggled, amazed and impressed!

Could not care less about Mars (sorry, Mars) but platypuses... that's impressive.

#Animals #Nature #Mammals #Platypus

The platypus is venomous, can sense electricity, glows under UV light, and of course is an egg-laying mammal-- and it was recently discovered that it has hollow melanosomes (pigment creating parts of cells), previously thought only to exist in birds https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/platypus-melanosomes

#biology #platypus #weird

"Totally unexpected.” Scientists just discovered yet another extraordinary thing about the platypus | Discover Wildlife

It is venomous, can sense electricity and glows under UV light. Now researchers have uncovered something else remarkable about this strange, egg-laying mammal.

Discover Wildlife
Fun fact: The #platypus lays eggs and also produces milk, making it one of the few animals on this planet that could make its own #custard. (mag)
"platonic" means "like a #platypus".
my current fav plushie #webkinz #platypus #plushies
spending the day with my webkinz googles #webkinz #googles #platypus #plushies

The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-platypus-weirder-thought-scientists.html

#nature #wildlife #platypus

The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover

They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.

Phys.org