The platypus is a mammal that lays eggs.

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Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), Scottsdale, TAS, Australia
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Eggs

The platypus is a mammal that lays eggs.

The platypus lays eggs, but it is still a mammal. Its young hatch and then feed on milk produced by their mother. This combination belongs to the monotremes, the living mammalian lineage represented by platypuses and echidnas, rather than to birds or reptiles.

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Octopus vulgaris (common octopus)
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Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

Octopuses have three hearts: two supply the gills and one supplies the rest of the body. Their oxygen-carrying protein contains copper and turns blue when oxygenated.

Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) on Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia. The entire island is a national park, Maria Island National Park. The adult is just under a metre in length on average.
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Wombats poop cubes.

Wombats produce distinctly cube-like droppings, shaped inside the intestine rather than by a square opening. Research links the shape to differences in the mechanical properties of the intestinal wall.

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