echidna
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Echidnas Blow Bubbles, and This Is the Science I Live For
Research has uncovered that echidnas can blow bubbles when they need to cool down, and it could be important for climate warming resistance.
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Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird
Waddling, wriggling, ambling, digging, laying eggs. There’s no shortage of verbiage when it comes to describing monotremata — the taxonomic order made up of only two animals, the platypus and the echidna. Rattling off the numerous weird traits of these creatures is trope in news coverage — and it’s near impossible to avoid, since they…