Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) (IMAGE)

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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is one of the oddities of nature: a mammal that lays eggs, and is like a mix of several other animals being duck-billed, beaver-tailed, and otter-footed.

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