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The Platypus Quarrel

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Do Platypuss Lay Eggs?

Some nineteenth century researchers saw lactation and egg laying as mutually exclusive. But for others, establishing that the platypus did lactate, that didn't rule out egg laying. The question wasn't just do plat puses lay eggs, or do they give birth to live young? And if eggs were involved, did they develop and hatch inside or outside the body? Past podcast subject, jules vere ho, spent 15 months in tasmania,. much of that time studying platypuses. Based on this research, he concluded that the Platypus was viviparus in 18 forty seven. In 18 64 two miners brought a female platypus to gold receiver george

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