Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The duck-billed platypus feeds mainly on aquatic invertebrates that it catches in the water. It carries them back to the surface ...

Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a broad tail. But their appearance isn’t even the strangest thing about them. Not ...

Just when you thought you knew how mammalian digestion works, you come across an animal that breaks all the rules. Meet the duck-billed platypus, a unique creature described as a ‘living fossil’ by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platypuses are monotremes, one of the oldest branches of mammals, and they reproduce by laying eggs instead of giving birth to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platypus are a species that show up in fun facts about animals lists© John Carnemolla/Shutterstock.com The post Who Needs a ...