I love platypuses and have seen them in the wild. I was surprised that their bills aren’t very like a ducks, but look like a latex rubber mask glued onto their heads. The King of the Weirdos video omitted one other cool fact, which is that they’re biofluorescent, and glow blue-green under black light.
They’re very cool creatures. I’d like to see them in the wild in theory, but I’m not sure how likely I am to have the money for the trip in this lifetime.
I didn’t know about the biofluorescence! I knew it was a good way to find scorpions (I didn’t see it myself, but my bio dept. at Earlham had a professor who would write her name on beetles in glow-in-the-dark ink, and then send her students out scorpion hunting with black lights, to see if anyone would find the beetles (and to teach them about scorpions).
Um, OK. Very droll.
For reference and for the curious: Platypus: The King of Weirdos.
I love platypuses and have seen them in the wild. I was surprised that their bills aren’t very like a ducks, but look like a latex rubber mask glued onto their heads. The King of the Weirdos video omitted one other cool fact, which is that they’re biofluorescent, and glow blue-green under black light.
They’re very cool creatures. I’d like to see them in the wild in theory, but I’m not sure how likely I am to have the money for the trip in this lifetime.
I didn’t know about the biofluorescence! I knew it was a good way to find scorpions (I didn’t see it myself, but my bio dept. at Earlham had a professor who would write her name on beetles in glow-in-the-dark ink, and then send her students out scorpion hunting with black lights, to see if anyone would find the beetles (and to teach them about scorpions).
I was wondering why it’s beak was so floppy!