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Platypuses have been used several times as mascots: Syd the platypus was one of the three mascots chosen for the Sydney 2000 summer Olympics along with an echidna and a kookaburra, [134] Expo Oz the platypus was the mascot for World Expo 88, which was held in Brisbane in 1988, [135] and Hexley the platypus is the mascot for the Darwin operating ...
The Late Jurassic of North America, however, is the exact opposite of the Middle Jurassic. The Late Jurassic Morrison Formation is found in several U.S. states, including Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. It is notable as being the most fertile single source of dinosaur fossils in the world.
Orconectes virilis (virile crayfish) native to North America, but now widespread outside its normal habitat; Pacifastacus leniusculus (signal crayfish) into California from elsewhere in North America; Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) now widespread in North America, from its native range in the Gulf of Mexico basin
Thorlaksonius platypus is a species of Pleustid amphipod native to southern California. It is thought to be an example of mimicry , as it resembles the gastropod Alia carinata . This was the first example of an arthropod mimicking a gastropod ever described.
After searching archives from newspapers, zoos, wildlife organizations and museums, researchers found that only 12 white platypuses have been documented since 1803 and that Bloop is the first ...
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Ornithorhynchoidea is a superfamily of mammals containing the only living monotremes, the platypus and the echidnas, as well as their closest fossil relatives, to the exclusion of more primitive fossil monotremes of uncertain affinity.
A platypus bill may look like a duck’s bill, but it has a secret ability. The bill contains receptor cells that detect the electric signals made by all living things. As it swims in the water ...