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Venomous mammal

I thought it might be interesting to add a link to the 'See Also' section, but do not know how to do that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_mammal Jokem (talk) 04:06, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Added. --Roundish ⋆t c) 23:32, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Trentdecarlfreeman (talk) 12:38, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes. It is one of the few mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like other monotremes, it senses prey through electrolocation. It is one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus (platycock) has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a [[Platypus

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:54, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A juvenile is known as a puggle, A female is referred to as a platypus, and the male is referred to as a platycok. Like the male kangaroo is referred to as a boomer. A research paper published in 2014 and a paper waiting to be published about the breeding patterns of the platypus and platycok. Trentdecarlfreeman (talk) 15:46, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Source? I cannot find any reputable mention of "platycok", so frankly, I suspect you're trying to create a hoax. Schazjmd (talk) 15:54, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural Reference?

Paradox Interactive use a platpus skeleton/fossil as their logotype. I'm not sure if it's relevant enough for inclusion, so I'm just dropping the info here. 109.228.176.49 (talk) 21:02, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Second paragraph change?

Hey!

The second paragraph begins thus:

"Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young."

I'd either drop the "instead of giving birth to live young" or add at the end "like most extant mammals".

Why?

Well: the sentence, as it stands, presupposes that mammals "have" to give birth to live young. Millions and millions of extinct egg-laying mammalian species would beg to differ. While I am fully aware of the fact that both almost all extant mammals give birth to live young and that most people aren't aware of any egg-laying mammals, the sentence I'm criticizing is factually problematic. As I said … egg-laying is as mammalian as giving birth to live young who are extremely precocial (antelopes), who are extremely altricial (humans) and who are in essence still a fetus (kangaroos). For that reason, please snip the beginning of the second paragraph by a bit or amend it.

Thank you and take care! 193.175.5.176 (talk) 16:47, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]