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Platypuses glow an eerie blue-green under UV light

(www.livescience.com)

posted by xyzzy on Animals

7 comments

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 1 points (+1|-0)

Well shit, I didnt even know this.

[–] xyzzy [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Me neighter, so I posted this just for you.

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 1 points (+1|-0)

That's much appreciated.

[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

How can we even trust you anymore if you didn't know that the venomous egg laying mammal was also bioluminescent?

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 1 points (+1|-0)

I was too distracted by the heart beat finding sonar lodged up their nose.

[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

If some mad scientist started making human/platypod hybrids I wouldn't be mad

[–] ScorpioGlitch 0 points (+0|-0)

platypodes

It's Greek

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus#Taxonomy_and_etymology