The Platypus
Hello, everyone, I'm back with one of the weirdest animals in the world. It has the feet of the frog, the bill of the duck, the venom of the snake, and it lays eggs like a bird but it is a mammal it's a monotreme. It's the PLATYPUS! Other monotremes are 4 species of echidnas also known as spiny anteater all found in Australia and Papa new guinea. The platypus has very thick fur which like the otter prevents it from getting soaked. The Platypus lives mainly in Austrailia and Papa new guinea. In the spring when the waterfalls cause a current the Platypus thrive. The scientific name for the platypus "Ornithorhynchus anatinus" originated from Greek and ornithorhynchus means "bird snout" and anatinus means "duck-like" in Latin.
The platypus are very intelligent and smart animals the females have to prepare for the up
coming mating and nesting. The females do not give any help to making the nest. The mating season is here now and when the male try's to find a girl the male fights many times with other males. This fighting can be lethal because the male platypus has a spur on his hind leg and can spur his opponent with it and inject venom. When they are done fighting the male bites the female's tail. After the male bites the females tail they start to dance in the water these dances can go to sometimes 20 minutes! They go in figure eights and it is very beautiful to seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nD_jlutNeM&t=84s.
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