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 The Duck-Billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has the streamlined body and short limbs of an otter, a bill like that found on a duck, and the broad, flat tail of a beaver. Males also have a hollow spur on the ankle of each hind foot that can deliver a venom capable of killing a small dog and causing excruciating pain in an adult human. |
Short-Billed Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) The name "echidna" orginates from the Greek goodess Ekhidna, who had the face of a woman but the body of a serpent. The echidna may not look like either woman or serpent, but it is nonetheless just as odd looking as Ekhidna must have been. |
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