A platypus!
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Nudibranch on Red Gorgonian
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I'm not sure what sort of mollusk this is. I would call it a nudibranch but
I don't know of nudibranchs with siphons, as this seems to have at the
front. I...
7 years ago
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Ha ha ha ha! I am LMHO!
As you are no doubt aware, the platypus genome was recently sequenced. I read that it is indeed a patchwork of reptilian, avian, and mammalian genes!
http://genome.wustl.edu/genome.cgi?GENOME=Ornithorhynchus%20anatinus
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/science/08platypus.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
B&C saw platypus swimming in a zoo in Australia. They were extremely graceful. Hard to believe that they shut their eyes underwater and navigate by electrical sensors in the beak!
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