Interesting Things – The Platypus

Thinking

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (Revelation 4:11 KJV)

Scientific classification

Platypus From Creation Wiki

Platypus From Creation Wiki

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: Ornithorhynchus
Blumenbach, 1800
Species: O. anatinus

The platypus is roughly half the size of a household cat. It has a thick covering of waterproof hair over all of its body, except for its feet and bill. It is a member of the Monotreme family, which are mammals that lay eggs.

The male platypus’s body is about 20-23 inches long and the female is about 17-18 inches long. The platypus has a thick covering of waterproof hair all over its body except for the feet and bill. The platypus’s sensitive, pliable bill is a blue-gray, blackish color with the two nostril holes near the tip. The location of the nostrils allows the platypus to breath while the rest of the body stays under the water. The platypus does not have external ears. The platypus has four legs which extend horizontally from its body. This arrangement makes it walk on land with a shuffle like a lizard.

During breeding season, males can fight each other and the venom in their spurs becomes more poisonous. The platypus is the only Australian mammal known to be venomous. The female platypus lays one to three round eggs, which have soft and leathery shells, in a nest made of wet leaves and grass. In the wild, reproductive activity takes place from winter to late spring. The baby platypus suckles the milk excreted from a “milk field” on the mother’s belly; there are no nipples.

The modern platypus is found among the freshwater systems of eastern Australia. The platypus is an excellent swimmer and spends much of its time in the water. It feeds on worms and insect larvae, freshwater shrimp and crayfish that it digs out of the river-bed with its snout or catches while swimming. The platypus automatically shuts both its eyes and ears when it dives, and so relies almost entirely on its bill to find food and navigate underwater.

Evolutionists claim that the platypus is evidence of evolution since it is so strange. This is because they start with an assumption that the platypus evolved so of course they see it as evidence for that. In reality the platypus is more evidence for the amazing intelligence of God’s design. Truly only a super-Intelligent Designer could make such an amazing combination of mammalian and reptilian features in a single creature.

Here is an interesting article about the Platypus from Creation Magazine-24(2):40–43, March 2002 by Paula Weston

The platypus – Still more questions than answers for evolutionists

Buddy Davis singing about a Platypus.
It’s Designed To Do What It Does Do-Buddy Davis Song

Here is another interesting video of the Platypus from Australia

References:
Platypus – at Creation Wiki
Platypus – at Wikipedia

2 thoughts on “Interesting Things – The Platypus

  1. I, too, am so amazed at the platypus. It sure shows God’s sense of humor as well as His creativity. Man will never create anything like God has. Big bang theory is just a theory! God is fact!!!

    Our VBS this summer in aout Australia so i have been reading a lot and have become absolutely fascinated with what I have learned about God’s creation down under! Lowery park Zoo in Tampa has a wonderful Australian exhibit with kangaroos, wallabees and are getting a koala or two. That I can hardly wait to see.

    I throughly enjoy your Birdwatching pages. I am a nature photographer and enjoy putting Scriptures with my pictures. God is so awesome and to think He allows us to see his creations!

    God bless.

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    • Hi Carol,
      I think the Platypus is a stroke of genius with our God. He sure has given a challenge to evolutionist. I also have been wanting to get over to Lowry Park Zoo. Now that I know there is an Australian exhibit, I’ll have to redouble my efforts.
      Lord bless your VBS this summer.

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