The creature in this photo is so unusual that when explorers first took a body of one back to Europe people thought it was a fake made from different parts of different animals! It is called a platypus and it can only be found in Australia. The one in this photo is called Jackie.
Jackie may look like she has odd eyes but they are, in fact, closed. Platypus close their eyes, nostrils and ears when swimming and use electrical impulses to find their way about underwater. The bizarreness doesn't stop there though; the males are the only venomous mammals on the planet and the females are one of only two mammals that lay eggs (The other is the echidna)!
I was really excited at the prospect of seeing a platypus here in Australia so I'm super chuffed that one was swimming about at Sydney Aquarium today!
Did You Know?: A baby platypus is called a puggle.
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