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"Platypus-like fossils date back 100 million years, but the oldest echidna fossils are less than 2 million years old," said Tim Flannery, a paleontologist at the Australian Museum in Sydney, who ...

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The baby platypus was born to a pair named Jack & Jill in the Healesville animal sanctuary near Melbourne, Australia. Its birth was a big surprise to naturalists.

Platypuses may have some duck-like characteristics, but they are a rare type of mammal called a monotreme. Monotremes differ from other mammals because they lay eggs instead of giving birth.

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Because the platypus didn’t smell and hadn’t entered rigour mortis, Bowerman thinks the interaction was a recent one. And the battle between the two creatures was likely quick.

According to the Taronga Western Plains Zoo, only 23 puggles (baby platypuses) have been born at zoos since 1943, so the physiological, behavioral and environmental factors that lead to success or ...