Chapter 1
The egg-laying rulebreakers
Chapter 2
Marsupials with bizarre superpowers
Chapter 3
Birds of drama and design
Chapter 4
Masters of extreme survival
Ch 1 · The egg-laying rulebreakers
matilda The Platypus
Trippy glowing fur, spurs that pack a sting, platypus is doing his thing!
Glossary
monotreme (noun)
Any member of a primitive order of egg-laying mammals, such as the platypus and echidna. In 1799, George Shaw suspected the first platypus specimen, a bizarre Australian monotreme, was a taxidermy hoax.
Any member of a primitive order of egg-laying mammals, such as the platypus and echidna. In 1799, George Shaw suspected the first platypus specimen, a bizarre Australian monotreme, was a taxidermy hoax.
Fun Fact
Platypus teeth: Platypuses are born with teeth, but they lose them early in life and use rough pads of skin to grind up food.