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2. Platypus - Wikipedia

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   The platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ), [ 3] sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, [ 4] is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypic taxon of its family Ornithorhynchidae and genus Ornithorhynchus, though a number of related ...

3. Hydration system - Wikipedia

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   A hydration system is an apparatus used in recreation and other sustained outdoor activities. It is intended to help its user carry liquid, to support the physical effort involved in the activity, without the need to use one's hands or take off the pack. [1] Such systems for consumers were first sold to cyclists, and by the 1990s had also found ...

4. Monotreme - Wikipedia

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   Monotreme. Monotremes ( / ˈmɒnətriːmz /) are mammals of the order Monotremata. They are the only known group of living mammals that lay eggs, rather than bearing live young. The extant monotreme species are the platypus and the four species of echidnas. Monotremes are typified by structural differences in their brains, jaws, digestive tract ...

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   Ultima Replenisher, Broad Spectrum Electrolyte Mix. (Rebecca Peloquin / For The Times) Ultima Replenisher, Broad Spectrum Electrolyte Mix. "This one is OK from a standpoint that it’s going to ...

6. Platypus venom - Wikipedia

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   The platypus is one of the few living mammals to produce venom. The venom is made in venom glands that are connected to hollow spurs on their hind legs; it is primarily made during the mating season. [1] While the venom's effects are described as extremely painful, it is not lethal to humans.

7. Electroreception and electrogenesis - Wikipedia

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   Electroreception and electrogenesis are the closely related biological abilities to perceive electrical stimuli and to generate electric fields. Both are used to locate prey; stronger electric discharges are used in a few groups of fishes (most famously the electric eel, which is not actually an eel but a knifefish) to stun prey.

8. Water vascular system - Wikipedia

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   The water vascular system is a hydraulic system used by echinoderms, such as sea stars and sea urchins, for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration. [ 1] The system is composed of canals connecting numerous tube feet. Echinoderms move by alternately contracting muscles that force water into the tube feet, causing them to ...

9. Gastric-brooding frog - Wikipedia

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   Gastric-brooding frog. Rheobatrachus, whose members are known as the gastric-brooding frogs or platypus frogs, is a genus of extinct ground-dwelling frogs native to Queensland in eastern Australia. The genus consisted of only two species, the southern and northern gastric-brooding frogs, both of which became extinct in the mid- 1980s.