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  2. Platypus - Wikipedia

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    Platypuses can give a low growl when disturbed, and a range of vocalisations have been reported in captivity. [21] 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). [26]

  3. Platy (fish) - Wikipedia

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    The platy (Xiphophorus maculatus) grows to a maximum overall length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in).Sexual dimorphism is slight, the male's caudal fin being more pointed. The anal fin of the male fish has evolved into a gonopodium, a stick-shaped organ used for reproduction.

  4. Ornithorhynchoidea - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Understanding the Sixth Sense of the Platypus - AOL

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    Despite their awkward appearance, the platypus has a superpower-like sixth sense that it uses to hunt. With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s ...

  6. Dharragarra - Wikipedia

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    Dharragarra is one of the oldest members of the platypus and echidna lineage, being closer to them than the coeval ornithorhynchoid Opalios.Due to the close resemblance of its jaw to that of a platypus, Dharragarra is considered one of the oldest members of the platypus stem lineage, although it likely predates the divergence of platypuses and echidnas.

  7. Paralithodes platypus - Wikipedia

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    Paralithodes platypus, the blue king crab, [2] is a species of king crab from cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas. [3] They are generally smaller than red king crabs . [ 4 ]

  8. Zacco platypus - Wikipedia

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    Zacco platypus have 7 dorsal fin rays and it is located near the midline between its snout tip and caudal peduncle end. [9] [10] Each spine of the first dorsal fin is slightly extended, and the first spine of the male fish is extended similarly like a thread; the edge of the second dorsal fin is straight, and the rays are all branched out. [7]

  9. The lesser-known region of Australia that the crowds haven't ...

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    We also spot an elusive platypus in a mountain lake, plus several wombats in this dramatic mountain wilderness. The latter resemble small and docile bumbling bears and seem utterly nonplussed by ...