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VK3ZZT > DESERT 05.10.03 04:27l 41 Lines 1174 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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In Bid:D90247VK4PKT, vk4pkt wrote:-
>From: VK4PKT@VK4WIE.#BNE.QLD.AUS.OC
>To : DESERT@WW
>It's going back a bit Dick but I'm pretty sure the Platypus is classed a
>"Monotreme" or something similar, an egg laying marsupial, there being one
>other from memory, perhaps the Echidna? (Think of a Hedgehog on steroids)
>Sorry to be the trouble maker in the outfit HI! :)
You are right Ari, the Platypus is in the family of MONOTREMES.
However!!!!
Monotremes:
Any of an order (Monotremata) of egg-laying mammals comprising the Platypuses
and Echidnas. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Platypus: From the Greek PLATYPOUS.
A small carnivorous aquatic oviparous mammal (Ornithortychus anatinus) in
eastern Australia and Tasmania that has a fleshy bill resembling that of a duck,
desense fur, webbed feet, and a broad tail.
Carnivous:
Subsisting or feeding from animal tissue.
Aquatic:
Growing or living on or frequenting water.
Oviparous:
Producing eggs that develop and hatch outside the maternal body.
Now I suppose somebody will call a Koala a bear.
Regards Bill
EIIR, Message sent: 05-Oct,12:16
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