Photo by TwoWings (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTo make this animal even more interesting is the fact that they are venomous.\u00a0 The males have a spur on their back foot which can cause severe pain if you were unfortunate enough to get pricked.\u00a0 The purpose of this little poisonous spike is mainly for self-defense but scientists have noted that the amount of venom increases during mating season.\u00a0 This leads us to believe that it is also a status symbol.\u00a0 It seems that the males of every animal species has some unique way of showing they are better than their competition.\u00a0 Humans may not use poison to show off but I would like to see a Platypus drive a BMW to impress the ladies.<\/p>\n
Duck-Billed Platypus Fast Fact – <\/strong>When they are not in mating season, the Duck-Billed Platypus will live in burrows.\u00a0 And when they are not burrowing it up they can be found hunting in the water.\u00a0 In fact, they literally spend half of their day in the water.\u00a0 I wonder if their feet and hands get all wrinkly?<\/p>\nThat does it for Platypus 2.0!\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed the second version of this Wild Fact.\u00a0 Have a great weekend everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Now I know the die hard Wild Fact fans will realize that we have already talked about the Duck-Billed Platypus when the website was first starting up.\u00a0 There are two very good reasons why we are revisiting this awesome animal.\u00a0 The first time around all we really looked at was the electrical impulses their bill produces to locate their prey.\u00a0 Today’s post will look at some other unique features of this creature.\u00a0 Oh and the second reason we are doing a repeat Wild Fact – the Platypus is an awesome creature and one of my favourites so I have been <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1139,1610,1612,4025,12,1611],"yoast_head":"\n
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