Platypus!
Today’s Varmints! podcast features that semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal of action, the platypus! Platypodes if we’re going to get technical. Which we will. Today’s episode was requested by Curtis, Gary, and Maja. Enjoy!
But first, the news!
Tired of getting hit on after you’ve already given a polite “no”? Well, maybe lady dragonflies have a solution for you. Female dragonflies found to fake death to avoid male advances. Article courtesy of Phys.org.
“Uh, I have a boyfriend. No, thank you. No, it’s fine, I’m just chillin’ with my girlfriends… Um. ”
Here’s a great video of some baby platypodes, or, as Paul and Donna want to call them, platypites! Video courtesy of YouTube user ZoosVictoria.
Platypippins? Platypooties?
The platypus requires no stomach to process its food. Nature weirds sometimes. Check out this article about it courtesy of LiveScience.com.
Platypodes use electrolocation to find their food. Check out this great article and look at the video below! Article courtesy of Reed.edu Biology Department, and video courtesy of YouTube user Wendy Walleigh.
There was a family of platypodes