The platypus is one of nature’s strangest mammals. This egg-laying animal sweats milk, hunts by sensing electrical signals, carries venomous spurs, and even glows under ultraviolet light. Discover the ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive warn that creatures like the platypus and the slow loris carry hidden venom and toxins that can cause extreme pain or even death.

Some animals possess combinations of traits that make them appear almost unreal. A platypus hunts with a duck-like bill while carrying venomous spurs on its legs. Pangolins defend themselves with ...