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Platypus

platypus

(Science: zoology) The duck mole. See Duck.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. _ foot.


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Re: Need help identifying the following animals

... vague hint about convergetnt evolution in regards to my previos explanation. 4. So it is some relict and small group. Others parts hint us towards Platypus since it has eggs but produce milk, and males has poisonous spine on hind legs, and has some weird mixed aperiance of duck, otter and beaver. ...

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by Beetle
Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:28 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Need help identifying the following animals
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Need help identifying the following animals

... it's a monotreme of some sort. edit: the description also says "mixed up appearance" though, which, like mith said, makes me think "platypus".

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by Jammerz
Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:54 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Need help identifying the following animals
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Need help identifying the following animals

spine is probably platypus though

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by mith
Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:30 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Need help identifying the following animals
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mammary gland of male in mammals

mammary glands in male human beings r said to be vestigial because they r functional in male prototherians{1st class in mammalia} like duck billed platypus and ecidna.they exhibt phenomenon called gyanaecomasticism

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by teja
Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:07 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mammary gland of male in mammals
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Platypus System Survey

Are we talking about the Duck-billed Platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) here, or something entirely different? Not trying to be rude or anything but I believe there is only one type of platypus, Ornithorhynchs anatinus.

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by orbit
Sun May 27, 2007 12:25 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Platypus System Survey
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