Thursday, May 8, 2008

Platypus Mysteries...

It's not a monster, but it's seriously weird-looking: it's the platypus. A truly strange creature and an appropriately strange story!

4 comments:

cryptidsrus said...

That is truly a weirdd creature, Nick...

Did you also know it's claws can also secrete a poison-type substance that can possibly kill you?

It almost did kill an Australian man some years ago.
Saw it on a documentary on the world's most poisonous creatures on Animal Planet.

cryptidsrus said...

I don;t know if the original comment I made went through, but I was saying...

To repeat...

Did you know, Nick, that the platypus claws can secrete a poison-type substance that could kill you?

It almost killed an Australian man some years ago. Saw it on Animal Planet.
Good link, Nick!!!

Nick Redfern said...

No, I didn't know that - definitely a unique animal!

Gummerfan said...

Gotta love the platypus! It's one of my favorite "go-to" examples of a known creature that on appearance, is just too strange to be real.
For an example of a freaky member of the plant kingdom, do a google search on "amorphophallus titanum"!