They also don’t have nipples (though do have mammary glands) and mother platypuses basically sweat milk through their skin for the pups to collect off their fur
what the fuck
The milk pools in grooves on the mother’s abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up.
So I guess that’s partly why most mammals’ milk glands are in the abdomen. Other than primates, I only know that elephants also have mammaries on the breasts
You got an ancestor that did that too. Part of why platypuses are so damn weird is because mammalian ancestors kept facing evolutionary bottlenecks. Platypuses are more like proto mammals than us placentals
Seeing living platypus is high on my bucket list, I’m still not convinced it’s not a hoax
You’re very unlikely to see one in the wild, they’re nocturnal and their burrow entries are under creek banks
In zoos they live in the nocturnal animal section, probably swimming
You can just go see one at the zoo; they’re usually with the marsupials and chupacabras.
🤔
I thought you put capybara and just kinda thought you were also implying they were a pseudo SCP.
Sure they’re not with the pumas?
What did I tell you about making up animals?
Creationists: gOd WoRkS iN mYsTeRiOs WayS
God was tripping balls that day
I wish we could go back to that era of memes.
Meme the change you wish to see in the world. :p
Truly the “Kings Cup” of animals.
And they sweat milk!
What the hell?
If I remember correctly, they don’t have mammalian glands and instead “sweat” thier milk for thier young.
They have glands but no nipples.
They must have glands. Unless they have milk for blood.
Why… Wh- what? Do you sweat blood?
… you don’t?!
It’s blood-comma-sweat, not “blood sweat”.
So are they really mammals?
They’re monotremes.
*their x 2.
No stomach? Hadn’t heard that one before
If something is too weird, some of the oddities tend to get overlooked.
Bizarre beasts episode on this:
I wonder how they process food.
Stomachs aren’t necessary… You can jump straight to the large intestine. Even humans can survive like that
Obviously, they’re useful. It’s another stage of digestion, which means more energy and nutrients are extracted from your food. It widens your viable food sources, just like chewing does
Also well known for foiling evil plots while wearing a fedora.
Hey? Where’s Perry?
fedora themed music starts playing
Do be do be do, bah
Do be do be do, bah
YES!! This is the content in here to see.
And somehow we haven’t driven it to extinction yet? That’s wild!
Probably because no one has decided to eat it yet.
I’m sure someone has. It probably tastes like popcorn or something
I’m curious now how a mammal develops in an external egg. The process seems so weird.
I think they might’ve diverged from therians (placentals+ marsupials) before their ancestors became viviparous.
The UV light thing wasn’t discovered (or at least published) until 2020.
Phineas and Ferb ended in 2015.Valid reason to bring it back.
They did bring it back lol
And guess what color they fluoresce.
It’s a Pokémon. And so far, the only one with at least 4 types: water, poison, flying and electric. How the fuck can you even counter it?
It is the Avatar.
Got a 2x weakness to electric and psychic or a 4x to smackdown>earthquake
Like the universe got lazy and hit the “Randomize for me” button instead LMAO
Will Wright took one look at this thing in an encyclopedia in 2001 and immediately started planning Spore.
I’d like to be, oooohhhh my favorite animal
I want to be, oooohhhh my favorite animal
I’d be a platypus, for you
It’s also adorable! Also, the babies are called platypups!
Beaver-tailed you say? https://youtube.com/watch?v=P9FRxokO2so
Ze Frank is still making videos?
Mind blown, in a good way.