Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), spur, hollow, connected to a venom gland in the thigh. Only males have spur, believed to be used in fights for females and territory. Eastern Australia

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Size: 3425px × 2324px
Location: Eastern Australia
Photo credit: © Jean-Paul Ferrero/AUSCAPE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animal, aquatic, australian, beaked, duck-billed, duckbill, egg-layer, electroreceptor, endemic, fauna, icon, iconic, mammal, mammalia, monotremata, monotreme, national, ornithorhynchidae, ornithorhynchus, platypus, poisonous, prototheria, receptor, spur, venomous, wildlife