As a platypus lays eggs and produces milk, it’s the only animal that can make its own custard.
And echidnas.
I'm not sure if I'm and echidna custard or platypus custard kind of person.
Dark.
Also. Where can I try some?
DM me your card details and I’ll send you a couple of pints from my platypus farm.
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No stomach? Hadn't heard that one before
If something is too weird, some of the oddities tend to get overlooked.
And they sweat milk!
What the hell?
If I remember correctly, they don't have mammalian glands and instead "sweat" thier milk for thier young.
They have glands but no nipples.
They must have glands. Unless they have milk for blood.
Why... Wh- what? Do you sweat blood?
... you don't?!
They also don't have nipples (though do have mammary glands) and mother platypuses basically sweat milk through their skin for the pups to collect off their fur
what the fuck
The milk pools in grooves on the mother's abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up.
The UV light thing wasn't discovered (or at least published) until 2020.
Phineas and Ferb ended in 2015.
Valid reason to bring it back.
It is worth mentioning that when the first stuffed sample of platypus was sent to Britain, the scientists thought it is a joke.
No stomach?! Does food go straight to the colon?
I went down this rathole.
They first grind up the bugs they eat in their mouths, then they have a chamber with bacteria which further reduce their food, then their intestines finish the job.
ETA, since you all are such curious cats:
https://wildlifefaq.com/platypus-stomach/
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so whats the chamber between the mouth and intestine called?
https://platypus.asn.au/platypus-myths/
The fact is that the platypus’s digestive tract does include a small expanded pouch-like section where one would normally expect a stomach to be located. The platypus’s stomach doesn’t secrete digestive acids or enzymes (Harrop and Hume 1980; Ordoñez et al. 2008), but does produce a mucus-rich fluid to assist nutrient absorption in the intestines (Krause 1971). Following on from the discussion of grinding pads above, it would seem that a platypus masticates food so thoroughly in its mouth that little additional processing is required before food reaches the intestines. Also, because a platypus consumes numerous small prey items over a period of many hours, its stomach doesn’t need to have a large holding capacity to accommodate infrequent large meals.
Sooo, "gullet"?
A pseudo-stomach? IDK...
I think since it's using bacteria and not acid, it's not a "stomach", just performs the same type of function.
Yes, platypuses lost their stomach during evolution, so they basically grind food using gravel and their beak before sending it to the intestine, which has taken on some of the functions performed by stomachs in other animals. Source
Like the universe got lazy and hit the "Randomize for me" button instead LMAO
Seeing living platypus is high on my bucket list, I'm still not convinced it's not a hoax
You can just go see one at the zoo; they're usually with the marsupials and chupacabras.
Ok who’s got pics of the glowing platypus?
And that's the reason you can only find platypuses in Australia.
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It's also adorable! Also, the babies are called platypups!
And Dan Povenmire was the first to discover the florescence. People Perry the platypus was more scientifically accurate than you thought.
It's a Pokémon. And so far, the only one with at least 4 types: water, poison, flying and electric. How the fuck can you even counter it?
I'm curious now how a mammal develops in an external egg. The process seems so weird.
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They also have spikes in their hind legs that they use to deliver an extremely painful venom that can paralyze small animals.
Venomous? But...if not friend, why friend shaoed?????
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