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Platypus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), also known as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus
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ADW: Duck-billed Platypus - Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Duck-billed platypuses are one of three species of monotremes. These species are unique among mammals in that they retain the ancestral characteristic of egg laying.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ornithorhynchus_anatinus/
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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus) - A-Z Animals
The platypus, specifically the Duck-Billed Platypus, is indigenous to eastern Australia and Tasmania, with the platypus being one of the only mammals that lays eggs
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/platypus/
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Platypus - The World's Strangest Animal (Nature Documentary) - YouTube
Platypus - The World's Strangest Animal (Nature Documentary) The The platypus has both baffled and inspired the scientific community since its discovery by Europeans over 200 years ago. Award winning wildlife film maker David Parer takes us down the east coast of Australia to the many serenely beautiful habitats of the platypus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btUGDQXMoqY
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Platypus Venomous Spur - National Geographic
This unusual looking animal actually has a venomous spur on its back legs. Learn More with this educational video.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/platypus_duckbill
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Platypus, Ornithorhynchus Anatinus - Australian Museum
The Platypus is a unique Australian species. Along with echidnas, Platypuses are grouped in a separate order of mammals known as monotremes
http://australianmuseum.net.au/platypus
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Platypus Facts - Livescience
The platypus is one of the most unusual creatures in the animal kingdom. It looks like it was put together from parts of other animals; females lay eggs, and males are venomous.
http://www.livescience.com/27572-platypus.html
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BBC Nature - Platypus Videos, News and Facts
Platypuses are both bizarre looking and unusually adapted. They belong to a sub-group of mammals that lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young (monotremes). When the first platypus was shipped to Britain from Australia, people thought it was a joke and that someone had sewn a duck's bill to a mammal's body.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Platypus
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Platypuses - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about platypuses with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/platypus
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10 Curious and Quirky Platypus Facts, Mental Floss
The platypus is arguably one of the most distinct animals on the planet. Here are a few things you might not have known about this quirky creature.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/63062/10-curious-and-quirky-platypus-facts
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Platypus Venom: Painful, Immediate, Long-lasting, Impervious to Painkillers.
Don't pet the platypus. I know it's tempting: Given the chance, I'd want to stroke their thick brown fur, tickle those big webbed feet, and pat that funny duck bill. And why not? What harm could come from this cute, egg-laying mammal from eastern Australia? Plenty.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2015/06/22/platypus_venom_painful_immediate_long_lasting_impervious_to_painkillers.html
