Scientists map the genetic makeup of the platypus

With a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver and snake-like venom hidden in heel spurs, the platypus could be the result of some strange genetic experiment.

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Two male platypus have been found dead in a yabby net south of Canberra.

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Paleontologists in east China have dug up what they believe is one of the world's largest group of dinosaur fossils including the remains of an enormous "platypus", state press said Tuesday.

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The Voce Presidential Debate

Hey readers, it's me again. I want to give you my pre-debate opinion for the upcoming vp debate. I've heard a lot about Sarah Palin coming out of the debate as victorious. I would give that outcome a 45% chance. She's strong, she's willful and overly energetic.

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My view of the '08 election

Alright. I will keep this brief. I'm here to give my view of the candidates by dispelling rumors surrounding them. Though they may already be dispelled, I want to give my view on them anyway. Barack Obama. First, he is not a "registered" muslim.

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Native to eastern Australia and Tasmania, the semi-aquatic platypus is thought to have split off from a common ancestor shared with humans approximately 170 million years ago.

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The deadly fungal disease affecting the Tasmanian platypus is being mapped. The disease can cause large ulcerations on the back, tail and feet of the platypus affecting their ability to maintain body temperature and forage efficiently.

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When the first skin of a duck-billed platypus arrived in England in 1799, the keeper of natural history at the British Museum thought it must be an elaborate hoax; how else to explain an animal with the fur of a mammal and the beak of a bird?

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A draft sequence of the platypus genome reveals reptilian and mammalian elements and provides more evidence for its place in the ancestral line of animal evolution.

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Australia's unique duck-billed platypus -- an egg-laying, furry animal with web feet that spends most of its time underwater -- is in fact part bird, part reptile and part mammal according to its gene map.

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Australia's unique duck-billed platypus -- an egg-laying, furry animal with web feet that spends most of its time underwater -- is in fact part bird, part reptile and part mammal according to its gene map.

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The first genome sequencing project of a mammal that lays eggs is complete and, like the animal itself, the DNA of the platypus is something of a patchwork.

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Victoria's Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the births of two baby platypuses, in a major milestone.

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Australian scientists have discovered that the platypus is significantly older than previously thought: it may have been around since 120 million years ago, meaning it lived alongside the dinosaurs.

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An investigation is being conducted into dairy effluent released into the Duck River near Smithton in the state's far North-West.

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Close relatives of the platypus, the semi-aquatic mammal that is so unusual scientists once thought it was a hoax, may have emerged much earlier than we think.

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15 Questions I Know You Want Answered, Too

It seems that people nowadays are too caught up in politics, religion, and trivial issues like "foreign policy" and "human rights" to really meditate on those questions which are truly important.

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The platypus and wallaby are helping reveal the details of a genetic 'battle of the sexes' that's been going on for hundreds of millions of years, researchers say.

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An informative article about the oddballs of the mammal family. The platypus and the echidnas are monotremes meaning they lay eggs.

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Australian scientists have unravelled a mystery of the origins of two debilitating human genetic diseases by studying the kangaroo and platypus genome.

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Somebody got hold of the Gdrive "Platypus" and posted the most he could of screenshots about it. The idea is surely interesting...

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