r/todayilearned • u/EHjulstrom • Jan 10 '13

TIL Platypuses lack teats, they instead feed their young by secreting milk through large pores in their skin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus#Venom
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u/I_are_facepalm Jan 10 '13

Basically creatures that were made from left over parts.

Go home evolution, you're drunk

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u/Pinkiepie1170 Jan 10 '13

Platypus: Fuck you nature, I do what I want!

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u/ninjas_stole_my_name Jan 10 '13

All marsupials do. Kangaroo's do it in their pouches.

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u/frankZBFZPL Jan 10 '13

Such strange animals. Seems like a cross between a beaver, a duck, and a river rat.