Tag: Platypus Trivia

  • Platypuses Don’t Have Nipples—But They Still Nurse Their Babies!

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    Platypuses are full of surprises, and here’s another one—they don’t have nipples, but they still nurse their babies with milk! As monotremes, platypuses are egg-laying mammals, which already makes them pretty unusual. But unlike most mammals that have nipples for breastfeeding, platypuses have a completely different system. Their milk oozes out of mammary gland ducts…

  • Platypuses Glow in the Dark—And We Don’t Know Why!

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    Platypuses just keep getting weirder—they glow in the dark! In 2020, scientists at Northland College in Wisconsin discovered that platypus fur glows a greenish-blue color under UV light, a trait called biofluorescence. They were studying museum specimens when they noticed the glow, and later confirmed it in live platypuses too. This makes them one of…