The breast milk of the platypus has genes for the same family of milk proteins found in human milk. Modern teams of scientists have found that the platypus egg genome matches those previously found only in birds, amphibians and fish. The origins and evolution of the platypus remain a mystery and many scholars have declared that this genetic mess “should really be extinct.” Bitter debate raged among eminent scientists of the early 19th century who desperately wanted to ‘classify’ the little creature and now, 200 years later controversy continues. Its reptilian sideways feet scream alligator the male platypus has a stinger with venom, like a snake, that can sentence a victim to months of pain unaffected by opiates. In addition, this amazing animal has what appears to be a duckbill, but a very fancy one fitted out with exquisitely sensitive nerve endings called electroreceptors that detect prey. After hatch, unique from all other animals, she nurses her babies with breast milk. But the mother platypus digs a burrow on a river bank where she lays her eggs. Is it a mammal or a reptile or a bird? The remarkable platypus has a thick, beautiful coat of fur and looks at first glance like any respectable mammal.
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