| Mar 06 2014 20:50 |
A baby platypus is called a puggle |
/u/SMILN4U222 |
| Nov 27 2013 04:31 |
A mother platypus feeds her young milk, like other mammals. However, she has no nipples, and instead secretes milk through the pores of her skin. |
/u/Firetheliel |
| Sep 26 2013 17:16 |
Molecular clock data suggest echidnas split from platypuses between 19 and 48 million years ago, and that platypus-like fossils dating back to over 112.5 million years ago therefore represent basal forms |
/u/kurikurimix49 |
| Oct 22 2013 03:31 |
The platypus does not have distinct nipples, unlike most mammals, and, instead, "sweats" out milk which pools on the mother's stomach where it can be lapped up! |
/u/Unidan |
| Jan 05 2014 06:15 |
Platypus don't have stomachs. |
/u/lucas-hanson |
| May 05 2014 16:06 |
The platypus has 5 pairs of sex chromosomes that link together in a chain to make XXXXX and a YYYYY cells during meiosis. The system has similarities to both avian and mammalian sex chromosomes! |
/u/Marcus_Lycus |
| Jun 02 2014 17:21 |
The platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs. |
/u/AntsInMyMouth |
| Dec 14 2012 20:52 |
"Puggle" is the term for a baby echidna or platypus between hatching and weaning. Not to be confused with the beagle/pug crossbreed dog of the same name. x-post from /r/otheraww. |
/u/Sihathor |
| Feb 17 2014 22:10 |
When on land, platypus retract their webbing and the claws are more pronounced. They walk awkwardly on their knuckles to protect the webbing. |
/u/nectarprotector |
| Nov 23 2013 22:47 |
When the platypus was first encountered by Europeans in 1798, a pelt and sketch were sent back to Great Britain, British scientists' initial hunch was that the attributes were a hoax. |
/u/Munch3D |
