The platypus is a unique animal that lives in Australia. Although it lays eggs like a bird, it's a mammal. A platypus mother feeds her babies with milk from her body. The platypus spends much of its time in the water. It paddles with its front feet and steers with its back feet. The platypus scoops through the sand with its bill in search of worms and small water animals that it eats. The male platypus has sharp spurs and venom sacs on its back feet. It can scratch its enemies and poison them with its venom.
Grown astray
Grown astray Evidence from new research suggests that some of
the deformities which are appearing in frogs across North America
could be caused by a chemicals which interfere with an enzyme found
in their nervous systems. This interference disrupts growth and
causes limb deformities. The chemicals which interfere with these
frog enzymes can be found in pesticides and nerve gases. 3 APRIL 1999, P. 26
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