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PLATYPUS THREAD!

>> No.1030993

OH BY THE WAY GUYS I CAN'T FIND ANY INFORMATION ON THE PLATYPUS' ENDOCRINE SYSTEM. HELP A BROTHER OUT

>> No.1031015

>>1030993
that's cuz platypi don't have an endocrine system - they're marsupials!

>> No.1031017

>>1030993
There's a cool underground site called Google you may want to check out. They probably have some answers.

>> No.1031088

Oh! There you are, Perry

>> No.1031477

>>1031015

Platypuses aren't marsupials, they're monotremes

>> No.1031496

Platypus: warm blooded mammals
Lay eggs, poisonous

SOMEONEEXPLAINETHISSHIT.JPG

>> No.1031516

>>1031496
>the Platypus has ten sex chromosomes, compared with two (XY) in most other mammals (for instance, a male Platypus is always XYXYXYXYXY),[57] although, given the XY designation of mammals, the sex chromosomes of the Platypus are more similar to the ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes found in birds.[citation needed] The Platypus genome also has both reptilian and mammalian genes associated with egg fertilisation.[58] Since the Platypus lacks the mammalian sex-determining gene SRY, the mechanism of sex determination remains unknown.[59] A draft version of the Platypus genome sequence was published in Nature on 8 May 2008, revealing both reptilian and mammalian elements, as well as two genes found previously only in birds, amphibians, and fish. More than 80% of the Platypus' genes are common to the other mammals whose genomes have been sequenced.[58]

What the fuck is this shit!

>> No.1031535

Only in Australia could these throwbacks survive.

>> No.1031546

WE NEED A BIOFAG TO EXPLAIN HOW THE FUCK PLATYPUS MAKES SENSE!!!1

STAT!

>> No.1031591

>>1031546
Obviously they diverged from VERY primitive mammals after birds but before everything else. Comparing platypuses, lizards, birds, and mammals might show us what our own ancestors were like.

>> No.1031602

>>1031591
I wouldn't say obviously, but yeah.

These fuckers have poison in their claws in their feet..
How do i attach claws to my hands and then make the claws shoot poison ?

>> No.1031617

>>1031602
They have stingers in the rear legs

>> No.1031634

>>1031617
How do i obtain said stingers?

>> No.1031650

>>1031634
Be a platypus?

>> No.1031653

>>1031634

glue/tape and a platypus

>> No.1031655
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1031655

Fucking platypuses! How do they work?

>> No.1031658

Why don't you fags just look up studies on the platypus genome?
I'm pretty sure it has been sequenced

>> No.1031663
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>>1031653
like lobster rage fist?

>> No.1031673

>>1031516
I think we have discovered the common ancestor of everything.

>> No.1031697

>>1031673
I think we already knew it's fucking awesome, so are echidnas

>> No.1031708

>>1031658
> A draft version of the Platypus genome sequence was published in Nature on 8 May 2008, revealing both reptilian and mammalian elements, as well as two genes found previously only in birds, amphibians, and fish. More than 80% of the Platypus' genes are common to the other mammals whose genomes have been sequenced.[58]

>> No.1031726

>>1031658
yes, but with a lot of error in the annotation

>> No.1031728

i am a platypus and you guys will never know how to use teh poisons!

>> No.1031733

THEY'RE FUCKING ADORABLE

>> No.1031763
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>>1031697
Fuck yes

>> No.1031766

>>1031733
Do NOT pet the platypus.

>> No.1031827

>>1031766

why not?

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>> No.1031921

A venemous mammal? seriously?

>> No.1031935
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>>1031921
It's not the only one

>> No.1031959

>>1030993

here. so do platypus' have a endocrine system or not? They're not marsupials

>> No.1031973

>a mammal
>lay eggs
>poisonous

excuse me, what?

>> No.1031980

>>1031959
Do they have glands that excrete hormones? Yes.

>> No.1032010

Here OP, I found some info for you
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Platypus%27+endocrine+system