Jake in the desertThe 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
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Buridan's procrastinator ⁂"platonic" means "like a #platypus".
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Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-platypus-weirder-thought-scientists.html
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#Platypus fur has a surprising feature seen only in bird #feathers
Pigment structures in the fur are hollow like those in birds — a first for #mammals
As if a mammal that lays eggs, senses electricity with its bill and fluoresces isn’t enough of a headscratcher, now it appears platypuses also share a feature with birds. Tiny pigment-filled packets in the mammals’ hair are hollow — a trait previously thought to be found only in avian feathers.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/platypus-fur-hollow-like-bird-feather
https://archive.ph/dOlqI
Pigment structures in the fur are hollow like those in birds — a first for #mammals
As if a mammal that lays eggs, senses electricity with its bill and fluoresces isn’t enough of a headscratcher, now it appears platypuses also share a feature with birds. Tiny pigment-filled packets in the mammals’ hair are hollow — a trait previously thought to be found only in avian feathers.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/platypus-fur-hollow-like-bird-feather
https://archive.ph/dOlqI
🎨 Wiener Dog Works 🎨 *Comms OPEN*I haven't drawn my platypus character, Beckett, in quite a while so I decided to change that!
#furry #furries #furryfandom #fursona #furryart #animalart #anthroart #art #artwork #drawing #fullbody #platypus #personalart #MastoArt
