Imagine a creature that looks like a mashup from a child’s wildest dreams: a furry animal with the bill of a duck, the tail ...

But figuring out what’s in platypus venom is more than just biology navel-gazing. For one thing, we don’t have an antivenom for platypus venom—something that the occasional platypus victim ...

Kita et al. Duck-Billed Platypus Venom Peptides Induce Ca2 Influx in Neuroblastoma Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society , 2009; 131 (50): 18038 DOI: 10.1021/ja908148z Cite This Page : ...

The platypus' venom can severely hurt (but not kill) humans, although it can be lethal to smaller animals. Scientists think the venom, which increases in production during mating periods, ...

Imagine stumbling upon a creature that looks like a mash-up of a duck, a beaver, and an otter—with a dash of poison thrown in for good measure. The platypus is so bizarre, even the world’s top ...

Platypus venom is entirely different from other venomous creatures. While more research is needed, scientists believe it contains specific proteins that target the nervous system. Heptapeptide 1 ...

The platypus produces a powerful venom during breeding season, which is used in competition among males for females. “We’ve discovered conflicting functions of GLP-1 in the platypus: in the gut as a ...

A 1992 case report tells the story of a 57-year-old man in Australia who was struck by platypus venom while fishing in North Queensland, causing “immediate, sustained, and devastating” pain ...

Platypus venom is not lethal to humans (or other platypuses), but it can cause swelling and severe pain. Black mamba (Image credit: Joe McDonald/Getty Images) ...

Lori Coulson says treating a platypus spurring is unusual. (ABC Hobart: Lucie Cutting)Dr Coulson said practical steps could be taken following a bite or sting, such as first aid to contain ...

Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment on April 2, 2023, and onto a train in Queensland, Australia ...

The recent publication of a draft of the platypus genome (Warren et al., 2008) has garnered a great deal of newspaper coverage, much of which has been misleading.Over and over again, the article ...