Platypus are one of 5 monotremes still alive and males have a venomous back spur. When they were first discovered, the scientists believed it was a hoax and someone had sewn different animals together. They hunt in river beds and use electroreception to find yabbies and fish (the same way sharks find their prey).
IUCN status: Near Threatened
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