How to summarize There are many types of lethal venom in the animal kingdom, but perhaps no stranger carrier
than the platypus. The platypus is one of few
venomous mammals. Males carry a venom cocktail
in their ankle spurs that paralyzes victims with
excruciating pain. Stranger still, the platypus is the
only mammal that uses electroreception. What this
means is that the platypus uses its bill to sense the
electricity produced by the muscular movements of
its prey. The platypus neither sees, hears, nor
smells its prey while hunting but, rather, pursues it
through electroreception. Perhaps most odd, the
platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs rather
than giving birth to live young. The platypus is an
odd creature indeed.