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Platypodes (yes, that is supposedly the proper way to pluralize the platypus...) are some of the weirdest creatures mother nature has ever created. Recent research indicates that the male's venom, which it ejects from the spur on its heel, contains over 80 different toxins in 13 different classes. Bet you didn't even know there were that many classes of animal toxins.
