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May 8, 2008

Scientists map the genome of the platypus

“At first glance, the platypus appears as if it was the result of an evolutionary accident”

Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus - one of nature's strangest-looking animals with the beak of a duck, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom. via Lubbock Avalanche

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