World's Strangest Creature? Part Mammal, Part Reptile
The platypus sports fur like a mammal, paddles its duck feet like a bird and lays eggs in the manner of a reptile. Nature's instruction manual for this oddball, it turns out, is just as much of a mishmash. The primitive mammal lives in burrows in Eastern Australia dug along the banks of streams and rivers that it relies on for food. The platypus is one of only two mammals — the other is the… » Full Story on LiveScience
