Platypuses Aren’t Weird, You Are

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Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we’re even both mammals. But I have news for you – when it comes to mammal lifestyles, monotremes aren’t the weirdos. You are. Really, we al are. Here’s why monotremes like platypuses and echidnas are normal, actually, and placental mammals are the oddballs.

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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSw1ow0K626h5lH_Mo8EZOk08chBMbOe4fCJIWLUkR2kl6mlF-Qim-4xDk1IkSuZ1wG3dS4PYz0ROl5/pub