This is the platypus.  One of the most strange and amazing creatures ever to be known.  It is one of my favorite animals.  The platypus is one of the only mammals on earth.  It is more specifically 1/5 of the worlds egg laying mammals in the world.  The other four animals are the 4 different species of echidna.  This animal has the tale of a beaver, the bill of a duck and the feet of an otter.  This is the part that I was very surprised about.  Did you know that platypus have venomous spurs right above their hind feet?  This venom is powerful only enough to hurt, not to kill a human.  These creature are great and the strangest i have ever seen.