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Chapter 321 321. The Platypus

After waiting for two or three seconds, a duck's beak first appeared in the field of vision at the entrance of the cave.

The staff member slapped his hands again, and said with a little pride, "Among all the breeders, I have the best relationship with Kou Kou, and he is the closest to me!"

Zhang San stood in the distance to translate, ensuring smooth communication between Su Yun and the staff.

With the sound of applause, a fat platypus got out of the cave and looked at the staff, but in the next second, it locked its eyes on Su Yun.

The staff froze for a moment, then slapped again and said, "Koukou, come to me!"

But the platypus didn't react at all, instead it swam directly on the water and ran towards Su Yun. Su Yun was taken aback, and hugged the platypus with a smile.

Then I saw the staff directly complaining.
【emmmm laughed to death, just finished saying that the relationship between the platypus and her is the best, and then the platypus ran into Su Yun's arms! 】

[Hey guy, is this the influence of druids?Good batch! 】

[No bragging, if Su Yun comes to my house, the dog who has the best relationship with me will definitely rebel, after all, the status of a druid is there! 】

[It's so small, this platypus, hasn't it grown up yet? 】

Su Yun hugged the platypus, first glanced at the gender of the other party, then ignored the resentful staff, sat down on the bank and held the platypus facing the drone and said, "This is an adult platypus, not a juvenile, it is a platypus. Isn’t it somewhat different from what you imagined? Do you think it’s impossible for a platypus to be so small?”

"But the platypus is so small, and the largest adult platypus will not exceed 50cm."

Weighing the weight of the platypus in his arms, Su Yun said, "This is a male platypus weighing about 6 catties. Seriously speaking, it should be too heavy. After all, if you stay in this artificially raised place, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and the food is nutritious. would be overweight."

"A platypus under normal circumstances would never be so heavy." After a pause, Su Yun waved his hand and said, "Maybe a platypus under normal circumstances has to wait until the platypus is out of the endangered list. After all, all platypus are now under control."

After scratching the platypus' stomach, Kou Kou snored softly, closed her eyes comfortably, and the staff beside her were itchy in anger. She had never enjoyed this kind of treatment from Kou Kou.

"The platypus, like the echidna, is a low-level mammal that has not fully evolved. Moreover, the platypus is poisonous!"

"Do you know any poisonous mammals?"

Without waiting for someone to answer, Su Yun continued, "Among the more than 5000 species of mammals in the world, only 12 species are poisonous, and these 12 species are all small in size!"

"Included are four species of shrews, three species of vampire bats, two species of groove-toothed shrews, one type of mole, and slow loris and platypus."

"But let's not introduce the other 11 species, just introduce our protagonist platypus this time!"

"In fact, not all platypus are poisonous, only male platypus are poisonous, and this poison is not for hunting and defensive counterattack, but a weapon for male platypus to attack rivals during the mating season."

As he said that, Su Yun reached out and found the acupuncture point on the platypus' hind foot, adjusted the drone to take a close-up shot, and said, "Did you see it? It's the hollow acupuncture point, which is connected to a poisonous needle behind its knee." When they attack the enemy, the venom in the poison sac will be squeezed into the enemy's body."

"The platypus has only three of its own toxins, the rest are also found in other animals such as starfish, sea anemones, spiders, snakes and lizards. When the needle sticks to a human, it can cause inflammation , nerve damage, muscle contractions, and blood clotting, leading to death."

After a pause, Su Yun waved his hands and said, "Of course, as long as there is no inflammation, there is almost no problem, and it will not cause death, but it will be a heart-wrenching pain, and this pain will last for several months. There is no relief with anesthesia."

[Friends who like self-abuse can try it! 】

[It was a stormy night, and both the duck and the beaver were drunk. 78 words are omitted here. 】

[Good guy, reproductive isolation warning! 】

I reached out and touched the platypus's mouth. It was soft and had a very elastic feeling, which was different from a real duck's mouth.

One has a hard mouth, and the other has a meaty texture.

"Next let's talk about its mouth. If someone who doesn't know him sees a platypus for the first time, can you guess what he thinks?"

"Do you marvel at the magic of the Creator or suspect that this is a prank?"

"In the late 18th century, when a zoologist in England saw a platypus specimen for the first time, his first reaction was to play a prank. He thought that someone had put the beak of a duck together with the body of other animals."

"However, with the subsequent exploration and discovery, they were sure that there really was a platypus animal. To tell a more interesting thing, the researchers at that time still didn't believe it when they saw the appearance of the platypus for the first time. They still held it. I grabbed the mouth of the platypus suspiciously, and after confirming that it couldn’t be pulled off and that it wasn’t an ornament, the fact of the platypus was accepted by humans.”

"It is worth mentioning that the mouth of the platypus is not only unique in appearance, but also has powerful functions."

"The mouth shell of the platypus is soft and covered with nerve cells, like a radar receiver, which can recognize the biological electromagnetic signals sent by other animals, so as to find prey in the muddy and dark water, and at the same time identify the direction. The platypus Dolphins and dolphins are the only two animals with the ability of electromagnetic induction in the big family of mammals. Isn’t it special?”

The platypus turned over in Su Yun's arms, happened to see the parrot on top of Su Yun's head, immediately covered its eyes and shrank back into Su Yun's arms.

Su Yun shook his head and said, "Parrot, get out of here."

The parrot was stunned, and said dissatisfiedly, "Your uncle, you don't want to shout when you have Xinhuan, right?" Then, the parrot landed on Zhang San's head angrily.

"As an oviparous mammal, even after the cubs break out of the shell, the female platypus will still breastfeed her young with milk for up to 4 months."

"Still like echidnas, female platypuses do not have visible breasts, but they have lactation holes on both sides of their abdomen, which can secrete milk for their young to suck."

【mission completed】

After receiving the system task prompt, Su Yun once again popularized the knowledge about the platypus in his mind before returning the sleeping duckbill to the staff.

So far, the tasks to be completed in Australia have come to an end.

Su Yun can finally go home!

(End of this chapter)