Despite its odd look, the platypus is perfectly adapted to its environment. It has a furry, otter-like body, a tail the same shape as a beaver's, and a mouth reminiscent of a duck's. In his 1802 book, ...

The adult Platypus breaks up its food with horny pads inside its mouth.) The Riversleigh Platypus would have lived in freshwater pools surrounded by rainforest. Like the living Platypus it had ...