Thats right, its a platypus!
A platypus lives in Australia. It is a special kind of mammal
called a Monotreme. It has fur, is warm-blooded, and produces
milk like a mammal, but it has a bill, webbed feet, and lays eggs
like a bird! Tha platypus is about the size of a beaver. It swims
a lot, using its front feet as paddles and its back feet to
steer. (Picture of webbed foot)
When the female is ready to lay her eggs, she digs a long
burrow on the riverbank. The burrow can be 85 feet long! At the
end of the burrow she lays her eggs. When the eggs hatch, special
glands on the motherís chest produce milk. The babies lick the
milk from their mothers fur. (Picture of
mother with babies)
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