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The platypus almost shouldn’t exist, but its genes are revealing how it got so weird – SYFY WIRE
Behold the platypus. You can almost hear David Attenborough’s soothing voice describing a creature so peculiar, the mystery of how it came into being has given…
Behold the platypus. You can almost hear David Attenboroughs soothing voice describing a creature so peculiar, the mystery of how it came into being has given too many scientists a headache.
Platypuses might as well be alien life-forms on Earth. They lay eggs. They sweat milk. They have glowing biofluorescent fur, venomous spikes on the backs of their legs, and 10 sex chromosomes when mammals are supposed to have two. They are one of only five extant species of monotremes, creatures that came into…
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