This is the first observation of biofluorescence in an egg-laying mammal (monotreme), suggesting this extraordinary trait may not be as rare as previously thought. The fur of the platypus - an Australian species threatened with extinction - glows green under ultraviolet light, a new study finds. Today the Discovery Institute is blogging about the creature, having been inspired by a new discovery described last week by PhysOrg in an article titled Shining a (UV) light on the glow-in-the-dark platypus. They didn’t have much to say except that it was an obvious example of divine creation. One time that they did inspired us to write Answers in Genesis: Behold the Platypus.
The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, and the first scientists to examine a preserved platypus body (in 1799) judged it a fake, made of several animals sewn together.Ĭreationists don’t write very often about the platypus. … It is one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom capable of causing severe pain to humans. The platypus is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus ( Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species appear in the fossil record. He duck-billed platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Check out the New to the Wiki? page or the Community portal for more details on how you can help edit!Ĭheck out the wiki's Help Pages or contact an admin.Creationists have never known what to say about the Platypus.Get involved in the community by visiting the affliated Discord server or posting in the Forums.Be sure to look through existing files first!
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