monotremes
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Stressed-Out Tiger Shark Spits Up Fully-Intact Echidna
Researchers tagging marine animals off Australia’s Orpheus Island were shocked when a tiger shark they caught spat up an echidna, a grub-eating monotreme recognizable for its spine-covered body. Known for eating just about anything, it seems this tiger shark met its match. “I’ve seen videos of them eating a rock for no reason,” said Nicolas…
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6 Mammal Body Parts That Look Like They Were Stolen From Other Animals
Mammals have a pretty basic blueprint. Among other things, we give birth to live young, we’re warm-blooded, and, perhaps most obviously, we all have hair. (Yes, even dolphins.) But in the churn of natural selection, some mammals ended up with appendages that look like they should be found on a reptile, bird, or insect. That’s…