#platypuses — Public Fediverse posts

https://theconversation.com/urban-rewilding-has-brought-back-beavers-hornbills-and-platypuses-to-city-parks-and-thats-just-the-start-256102

#Beavers #biodiversity #hornbills #monkeys #platypuses #revegetation #rewilding

The absence of a substantial stomach in #platypuses and short-beaked #echidnas has baffled scientists for centuries, but a #study has found a specific #gene that may be the cause of their strange digestive system.

So, how do these unique creatures digest their food? And how do they get by without a conventional #stomach?

The University of Adelaide PhD Candidate Jackson Dann shares his “bizarre” research with us in the latest 60 Seconds of Science.

https://youtu.be/nQgHRQGEkcU

🎥 Taronga Zoo Sydney

#australia #australiananimal #australiananimals #dna #research #facts #education #knowledge
#academia #research #academicchatter #biodiversity #ecology #biology #food #nature #wildlife #science #scientist