Fossil clue suggests echidna ancestors lived in water like platypus
April 30, 2025 8:01 AM   Subscribe

Fossil clue suggests echidna ancestors lived in water like platypus. A study of a 100-million-year-old bone suggests the ancient relative of the echidna and the platypus was semiaquatic — and echidnas moved back to the land from the water as they evolved.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (2 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
I can usually tell a chariot pulled by cassowaries MF post by the headline, and this is no exception. Thanks for your tireless work with Australian fauna! I always enjoy your posts.
posted by misterbee at 2:57 PM on April 30 [1 favorite]


Always. Be. Nashquoting.


THE PLATYPUS

I like the duck-billed platypus
Because it is anomalous.
I like the way it raises its family,
Partly birdly, partly mammaly.
I like its independent attitude.
Let no one call it a duck-billed platitude.

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Anyone want a go at an echnidna poem?
posted by lalochezia at 4:04 PM on April 30 [1 favorite]


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