duck-billed platypuses
Venomous Australian monotremes
Duck-billed platypuses is the plural of duck-billed platypus, an egg-laying mammal native to eastern Australia.
The animal has a broad, flat bill resembling a duck's, a beaver-like tail, and venomous spurs on its hind legs.
Along with echidnas, platypuses are the only mammals that lay eggs.
Duck-billed platypuses are notoriously difficult to spot in the wild.
- platypusesSemiaquatic egg-laying Australian mammals
- duck billFlat waterfowl mouth
- pugglePug-beagle hybrid dog
- echidnaEgg-laying spined mammal
- monotremeEgg-laying mammal
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duck-billed platypusesmarsupials
Pouch-bearing mammals
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