I’m sorry, what? Platypus locate prey through electro receptors in their bills which detect “tiny electrical currents emitted from muscle contractions from their prey (like a heartbeat)”. Wow!
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That is way too metal for such a silly animal. Even the idea of platypi having "prey" is way too metal for such a silly animal.
kewl kewl, but it still looks like it is just stuck on his face like a Groucho nose.
The more we know, the more it looks like nature hallucinated this creature.
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