A platypus!
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Adult Navanax
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An adult Navanax, crawling across a float on kelp, near Portuguese Rock off
Anacapa. The sensory organs they extend in front, and the eyes atop the
mantle,...
8 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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