Victorian Agriculture Minister Joe Helper said platypus antimicrobials are 10 times more powerful in killing bacteria than some antimicrobials commonly used with humans.
"If introduced into the stomachs of cattle, these platypus antimicrobials could improve an animal's digestion of feed and reduce methane production, one of Australia's largest contributors of total greenhouse gas emissions," he said.
Platypuses (platypi?) are incredible creatures.
I believe they're the only mammal that lays eggs, aren't they?
Very interesting animals.
Echidnas are egg laying as well.
Looks like a cross between a porcupine and an anteater...Echidnas. I had never heard of them.
Fascinating.
Echidnas. I had never heard of them.
Fascinating.
thats gotta be the saddest lookin' echida i've ever seen, most look more like this
did you know that the spines on the echidna are actually hairs that have fused together.
them and platypi are the only two monotremes
and male platypi have a poisonous spur on their leg
and that i know lots of useless info about Aussie animals
But they have birdlike feet and a sort of vestigal beak-type mouth/nose/snout.
There was clearly a crossroads, millions of years ago, where they could've evolved a different way.
Evolution is very interesting to me.
thats gotta be the saddest lookin' echida i've ever seen, most look more like this
They are also one of the few venomus mamals.Platypuses (platypi?) are incredible creatures.
I believe they're the only mammal that lays eggs, aren't they?
Very interesting animals.
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