Close-up of a platypus swimming in the water A platypus wandering by a roadside in Australia stabbed a woman with its venomous spurs when she attempted to lift it from a gutter. Jenny Forward was ...

The man carried the platypus around in a towel on a train and in a shopping center, police said. Queensland Police Department A 26-year-old Australian man has been charged after he was accused of ...

With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them believed ...

As the woman picked up the platypus, the animal dug its spurs dug into her bare hand and injected venom into her body. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.