Platypus Anatomy: Unique Features of the Egg-Laying Mammal #2027485 (License: Personal Use)

This scientific illustration highlights the platypus’s distinctive traits: a leathery, electroreceptive bill used for hunting underwater, webbed feet with five toes for swimming, and a flat, beaver-like tail for fat storage and propulsion. Males possess a venomous spur on the hind ankle-a rare trait among mammals-while both sexes have tiny ear slits and closable nostrils for aquatic foraging.

Used in educational biology content, museum exhibits, or wildlife conservation pages to explain monotreme adaptations; targets users seeking zoological facts, student research, or nature enthusiasts interested in unique mammals.