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  2. Platypus - Wikipedia

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    Size varies considerably in different regions, with average weight from 0.7 to 2.4 kg (1 lb 9 oz to 5 lb 5 oz); males have average length 50 cm (20 in), while females are the smaller at 43 cm (17 in). [21]

  3. Check Out the Venomous Defense Mechanism of the Male Platypus

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    Male platypuses have sharp spurs on their back legs shaped like a canine tooth. These hollow spurs measure 0.59 to 0.71 inches long and connect to crural glands in the animal’s upper thighs.

  4. Gastric-brooding frog - Wikipedia

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    Rheobatrachus, whose members are known as the gastric-brooding frogs or platypus frogs, is a genus of extinct ground-dwelling frogs native to Queensland in eastern Australia. The genus consisted of only two species, the southern and northern gastric-brooding frogs, both of which became extinct in the mid-1980s.

  5. Monotreme - Wikipedia

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    The platypus has an average body temperature of about 31 °C (88 °F) rather than the averages of 35 °C (95 °F) for marsupials and 37 °C (99 °F) for placentals. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Research suggests this has been a gradual adaptation to the harsh, marginal environmental niches in which the few extant monotreme species have managed to survive ...

  6. Understanding the Sixth Sense of the Platypus - AOL

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    A platypus bill has three different types of receptor cells that allow the mammal to detect movement, and also the electric fields produced by the small creatures it hunts.

  7. List of mammalian gestation durations - Wikipedia

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    A typical precocial mammal has a gestation period almost four times longer than a typical altricial mammal of the same body size. [34] Precocial mammal species generally have greater adult body weights than altricial mammals as precocial mammals have markedly longer gestation periods than altricial mammals. [35]

  8. Hippo Facts That Will Amaze (and Terrify) You - AOL

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    But beyond their sheer size and incredible speed, hippos also have sharp, 20-inch-long teeth. Their massive jaws can open up to 180 degrees, and they can bite down with a force three times greater ...

  9. Thorlaksonius platypus - Wikipedia

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    Thorlaksonius platypus ranges in size from 3.5–10 mm (0.14–0.39 in). [5] It has a variable color which closely resembles the variation of Alia carinata. The color of only a single specimen has been described. This individual displayed a brown and grey body with a singular yellow band across its dorsal plates, called the pereon.