Odd Animal of The Week

By:Marco Mora

Swimming in to this odd animal of the week is the platypus. Its this week odd animal because it looks like a combination of different species of animals. It has the bill of a duck, the body of a mole, and has a venomous spine on one of its foot. It also has a tail that looks like the ones beavers have. The platypus even lays eggs like a bird. There was a time when Western explorers brought the platypus back to Europe. Nobody believed it was a real animal at all. They were so surprized at this bizarre animal that they decided too disect it. The naturalists who disected this animal expected too find stiches because they thougt that a crazy person did this bizarre animal. The naturalists were confused at first too see this strange animal. This stange animal can be found in Australia including Tasmania. The platypus started to be hunted in the 20th century for its fur but is now protected.