Decoded Platypus Genome Spells Out 'Hybrid'

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Bypenear of AL 12:26PM December 13, 2009

M-W definition of animal:
1 : any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor responses to stimulation.
And fish are definitely in the kingdom Animalia. They are not mammals, but they, like insects and people, are animals.

duke of AL 10:43AM August 07, 2009

I'm sorry Rick of R.I. All Mammels on our planet are warm Blooded. Insects , Reptiles and worms may be cold blooded. But your statement about warm blooded animals being rare is false. Every animal that nurse thier young including Marsupials are warm blooded. So as for warm bloodedness being rare to the animal kingdom that statement is false. Insects and reptiles are not considered animals in the mammillian respect. There for, they are not truly animal. They are Insect and reptile respectivly. Warm blooded creatures make up the mammilian world. Cold blooded creatures need the warmth of the sun or something else that is warm to raise thier body temp. That is why snakes or other reptiles bask in the sun or as anyone whom has ever been to warmer climates will notice snakes or turtles will crawl onto warm roads or hot hard ground, or a log jutting from the water to raise thier body temp. Fish are also mistakenly called part of the animal kingdom, but they are not animals. They are fish. However, Whales and Dolphins are animals, ( Mammels ). I hope that this was helpful to you.

jerrydday of NJ 2:41PM August 04, 2009

Anyone who says so is wrong. It's a mammal, and mammals are warm-blooded.
A platypus was once thought to be a hoax, until one was captured alive. It is a strange creature, to be sure. It has a duck bill, poisonous claws, and lays eggs. It's warm blooded. A very strange creature, indeed.
Some of the strangest creatures in the world are in Austraila and Tasmania. Koala (Sometimes called a Koala bear) isn't a bear, it's a marsupial (Like a Kangaroo). Tasmanian Devils are vicious creatures. And yet, the world would be incomplete without these creatures. Then again, it's not complete without the dinosaurs. So, this world is strange.

Platypus Mann of MN 12:21PM June 17, 2009

I just confirmed that platypodes are warm-blooded as are all mammals.

Rick of RI 4:29PM May 29, 2009

I don't understand the comment by dili. Most animals are cold-blooded. Every reptile, every fish, every worm, every insect. In fact, warm-bloodedness is rare in the animal kingdom.

Rick of RI 4:25PM May 29, 2009

platypus is a very interesting mammel, it is said to be the only coldblooded animal alive

dili of MS 7:15PM December 09, 2008

I, too, think that 'hybrid' doesn't fit here. A hybrid is the result of two genetically dissimilar lines combining. The platypus is actually just an early divergence from the mammalian evolutionary line. No two strange, different lines combining to create it -- mammals and reptiles did not cross-breed -- simply an organism going off in its own developmental direction and keeping more reptilian characteristics than later mammals did.

Chimera of AL 7:37PM September 30, 2008