Evolution of the Platypus

[@JontyLevine]

Hold up…! The platypus can sense electricity… _through its beak?_ This animal just keeps on getting weirder.

[@markchapman7771]

They NEVER mentioned that in Phineas and Ferb

[@atomic_crescentroll8054]

So that’s how he is so good at sensing inators

[@anonb4632]

We always talk about how primitive this creature is, but how advanced it is in certain other respects.

[@sushidapushy9654]

It also produces milk from the pores of the skin

[@kezkezooie8595]

They're fascinating, very charming little creatures to observe in person. I was fortunate enough to have an up close encounter with a group of three platypus in the wild many years ago. It's quite rare to see them up close, if at all, and even rarer to see them in close proximity to each other as they're solitary animals, although they do share territories if there are enough resources, so I consider myself very fortunate. I got to watch them for around 45 minutes - it was one of the most memorable experiences of my life, to be honest and I still feel a sense of wonder when I remember it over twenty years later.

[@JamJestKesh]

imagine alternateline of evolution, where ancestors of platypus became like pacycetus, and evolved into giant whales with beaks

[@dondragmer2412]

Sounds cool; although actually there are whales with beaks, called, surprise, beaked whales.

[@SleepySloth2705]

@ they would certainly not lose their beaks as they are too essential to catch their prey

[@bucururomaki3663]

@ In an alternate timeline, the native Americans would have retained control of the Americas and we wouldn't be dealing with a climate crisis, or they'd have done the same thing as us, or they'd have space cars.... because that's how hypotheticals work... Can't you both just have a cool idea and agree that maybe each others is possible in imagination land? Obviously a platypus exists, as do other anomalies in evolution, so I don't think it's as simple as all that.

[@vaalalves]

@@bucururomaki3663 cute but no. Americans would be living in tiki huts with no electricity nor clean water. America isn't even the worst offender when it comes to polution, climate change would still be a thing.

[@teawrecks1243]

MOBY DUCK

[@AmirDarkOne]

5:26 that door needs some oil.

[@obfirmoviatorem]

I actually thought my guinea pigs were squeaking and ended up doing a cage inspection

[@rodrigobraz2]

That was just his dolphin saying good morning.

[@SieMiezekatze]

I thought my cat open the door XD

[@casandramedranobock8685]

I wonder what would the world look like if monotremes became the dominant group of mammals? Imagine if monotremes convergently evolved with placental/marsupial mammals that exist now. That would be interesting.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

That would be interesting

[@demonking86420]

@Din Ding i think placental birth inadvertently caused the gender war that the hairless ape known as Homo sapiens is undergoing.

[@toserveman9317]

@@demonking86420 No. Dimorphism for verts begins around 500 MYr *when adult hermaphrodites stunted immature hermaphrodites* (just like with the hermaphro to dimsex flatworms and mollusks); That created sperm OR egg specialty with the egg as more valuable. ("Nat selec" THEN so called "sexual select" [tourney or display].) Mammals are a fairly sappy version of that (at least the stunting attack of it all, not so much the high-cull male tourney or display). But it has still been a shit-show since that fateful stunting attack. I haven't watched the vid yet. BUT I assume he talked about how gender is expressed by heat and other enviro factors effecting the fertilized egg. That happened presumably after the orig stunting event as some kind of "shortcut"; a shortcut just like chromosome-gender formed after that as a "shortcut."

[@Vic_Lit344]

@@toserveman9317 you know that reply was a joke,uhh you just wasted your time with a joke,but your reply is pretty interesting so that's good

[@stevenduvall2549]

Very interesting question. I find the evolution of marsupials very interesting in the same way. Lots of traits convergent with placental mammals. Marsupial forms for every niche with their parallels in placentals.

[@Brutaltronics]

bro this thing is like 4 animals in 1 package how could you consider it inferior? lol

[@trezapoioiuy]

What does inferior even mean? But in the time even racism was scientifically accepted so people liked this whole concept of superior/inferior

[@cgaccount3669]

I'm sure many woman would sooner pop out an egg than give painful birth. And I'd definitely like a venomous claw.

[@TheLiamis]

Shark duck snake lizard beaver.

[@worldwolf9527]

The interesting point is that the ancestors of the platypus developed their characteristics before the modern mammals came to be. So it can be said that a few mammals inherit the features of the platypus instead of the other way around.

[@dondragmer2412]

@@cgaccount3669 I've been wondering if for genetically redesigning the human race to correct many of its defects if this would be one of the best things we could do for women.

[@snowyyzoe]

little known fact: they’re extremely good at fighting and have even been used as secret agents

[@optillian4182]

Since the male platypus has venomous spurs on his hind feet, is Dr. Doofenshmirtz getting poisoned everytime Perry kicks him in the face?

[@BubbleZBlofish]

A platypus?

[@dieente556]

@@BubbleZBlofish perry the platypus!

[@Tigerbearwolf8600]

He’s an egg laying mammal of action

[@mohdghazali3473]

@@optillian4182 probably no, Perry is nice. He wouldn't harmed Doofenshmirtz. Perry probably being careful and make sure his poisonous venomous spur wouldn't touch Doofenshmirtz.

[@alecmcgrathofcanada9175]

"Ken Ham" is one of your patrons. XD That's just hilarious. Hahaha

[@BigaChigaFliga]

Right?! Came here just to mention that! 🤣 Glad someone else did first!!

[@cameronjones7747]

Yeah. I was going to write that too because I was like what the fuck? Probably a different Ken Ham

[@ciaraaiyumu8521]

Ken Ham blocked me on twitter lol

[@cameronjones7747]

Ciara Aiyumu Hmmm. You must have stated a fact

[@cameronjones7747]

OutWriting ! What are you blabbering about?

[@ricois3]

4:32 that jawbone is an opalised fossil, hence the blue and other colors. The bones have been replaced by hydrated amorphous silica.

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

I love that the only example we have of this creature also doubles as some very funky jewelry

[@dexorne9753]

@@gearandalthefirst7027 man i hope i turn into opal or something in the future

[@awesomelyshorticles]

Whoever chose the name Ken Ham for a patreon account to support paleontological channels has a sophisticated sense of humor.

[@adub92199]

Can you explain?

[@awesomelyshorticles]

@@adub92199 Ken Ham is a guy well known for being an outspoken creationist and evolution denier, and also the guy behind the giant Noah's ark replica in tennessee. The real life Ken Ham would be the least likely person to contribute to this channel.

[@adub92199]

@@awesomelyshorticles ohhh😂😂😂

[@gerardomartinez3920]

Do anti Darwinist to confuse people

[@imagreatguy1250]

@@awesomelyshorticles that is awesome 😂😆😂👍

[@mrdillerfar]

Another interesting fact: Besides having electroreception, the bill is also very sensitive to pressure. So it can detect pressure waves from moving water displaced by a prey. The difference between the speed at which the platypus receives these two signals enables it to discern the velocity of the prey so it can predict where it is going to be in much the same way we do with our eyesight.

[@MaddysinLeigh]

Fun fact: the mother of the creator of Phineas & Ferb thought he had made up the platypus for the show.

[@ssgssbeet4133]

How could she thought she had made it up if perry the Platypus was a platypus lol like im sure she didnt think she made up the name either

[@trla6505]

@@ssgssbeet4133 i mean englishman thought it was a mith created by natives

[@gotlgemhcs4833]

@@trla6505 pretty strange coincidence then

[@hugoehhh]

@@ssgssbeet4133 the mother of the creator, as in not the creator but his/her mother. i had to reread it because i thought the same as you hah

[@RomanSimkins]

@@hugoehhh HIS mother

[@bluewatson4341]

Every upload is nothing but quality- would love to see an episode on speculative evolution as well one day

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you, I am planning to make one, however for the video idea I have I'm going to need to improve my editing skills first

[@akufromthefuture7159]

I agree. Very well done, and such a subject would be handled well here.

[@painnwithat602]

@@mothlightmedia1936 Now this, this is exciting.

[@Nickthebrick8]

Every video including a platypus: *The platypus is one of the strangest animals on earth*

[@andrewgan557]

ironically the most ancient and the recent of the mammals were both the strangest. the platypus and the human.

[@camacakegd3714]

Well, it's true lol

[@Nickthebrick8]

@@andrewgan557 yeah, Its definitely true, We're Literally Bipedal, hairless Nakad molerats

[@jasonhernandez619]

Obviously it wasn't one of the strangest back then. The new ones that came along since were the strange ones.

[@bkjeong4302]

The platypus really is weird, even leaving aside its basal mammalian traits like laying eggs. For example, it has no stomach.

[@lukostello]

Id really love one of these about the evolution of the womb. So difficult to imagine how a species can transition from egg laying to live births incrementally

[@FullMetalFeline]

Bit late but perhaps not as hard as you'd think. Many animals are ovoviparious meaning they appear to give birth to live young but actually retain their eggs internally and the young hatch inside the mother and are subsequently birthed. Many animals have this system and probably evolved it independently including many species of reptiles, sharks and even insects. Placental mammals have the most complex sorts of wombs due to the placenta which is the unique thing about this group opposed to the live birthing.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

@@FullMetalFeline It turns out that marsupials have a sort of simple placenta too. It's only needed for a very short time, but it's there, and was perhaps present in a common ancestor of marsupials and placentals. There's a new book by paleontologist Stephen Brusatte, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, that I'm looking forward to reading.

[@KhailSOLO]

Hope you’ve checked PBS Eons by now, it was a retrovirus. It was awesome to know how it happened and made me more fascinated with viruses, especially with the time we live in today. But I do hope mothlight would make his own video about it as well!

[@AlphaAchilles]

They can’t. Nothing ever evolved.

[@teawrecks1243]

the platypus didn't evolve, it was assembled in a laboratory by some drunk australian scientists

[@siyacer]

And has since become enemies with one German scientist.

[@papasteve215]

And his name was Bruce

[@ormfantanen7451]

Perry!!

[@eledhwenmare2403]

I hear the clanks of empty Foster’s cans and somebody muttering “Dunno mate try a bill...”. No offense intended.

[@mcblaggart8565]

Nah, it was some time-traveling wizards who tried to draw a duck, but were bad at art. I read about it in "The Last Continent."

[@dubbixdub4376]

Monotreme evolution is truly unique

[@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692]

Mayor Monotreme the boss of perry the platypus

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 King Koolasuchus wants to know where he got that idea

[@skellagyook]

The first mammals laid eggs (since mammals evolved from a basal branch of reptiles). Monotremes just are the only ones that still do.

[@silverstratum8368]

FIRE STORM 3692 I thought it was monogram

[@rajarsi6438]

Dubbix Dub The fantasy of evolution is just that, a fantasy.

[@jobleynoel]

I sincerely love that someone supports your work in the name of Ken Ham. I'm sure you know who he is and what he stands for. Well played, "Ken".

[@cgaccount3669]

Huh? Who is he?

[@SocramOlrak]

@@cgaccount3669 A young Earth creationist leader, founder of many YEC websites and even the Arc museum in US. I understand that you do not know him now because the Religion/Science wars have become a meme of the past... but oh boi, he was a huge clown :D

[@SocramOlrak]

@Larry Cavalli ... I should check him right now alongside David Peters to have some fun

[@BluJean6692]

Alternate history: more crocodilians go extinct at the end of the Cretaceous and larger Obdurodon-like monotremes fills the vacant niche...

[@rajarsi6438]

The perception of history exists in the mind. Fools don't understand the simple fact.

[@Sawrattan]

Imagine the herbivorous Simosuchus survived... so a land where giant platypuses eat crocodiles.

[@rajarsi6438]

@@Sawrattan How old are you, 12, 13?

[@cookeymonster83]

@@rajarsi6438 The reality of history exists in unearthed physical evidence. Fools don't understand how science works. How stoned are you, 11, 12 out of 10?

[@rajarsi6438]

@@cookeymonster83 Hahaha, you already fail to understand what 'science' means, loud mouthed nobody.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

The patreon rewards have been upgraded so that tier 1 and up patrons can take part in polls for want they want to see on this channel among other things, link is in the description. The first poll will go live tomorrow, feel free to leave suggestions for it on this thread I’ll pick the ones that are mentioned the most or that I think are awesome.

[@dougthedonkey1805]

Your mentioning of venom usually being exclusive to cold-blooded animals made me wonder why that is. A video on that would be really interesting, so I’d like to see it be part of the poll!

[@mothlightmedia1936]

I talked about that in my megalania video

[@cookeymonster83]

Kind of insulting to those that support through Patreon and buy merch must also be plagued by ads on this video.

[@juanleuschner7457]

Quick question: How did egg-laying mammels evolve to be able to give live birth?

[@mothlightmedia1936]

I'm actually hoping to make a video on that at some point

[@juanleuschner7457]

@@mothlightmedia1936 It would be another great instalment to the channel. But you may go at your own pace. You always answer questions before I even had them. This is one of my favourite prehistoric channels so keep up the good work.

[@samsalamander8147]

There are some snakes that give live birth. I would Imagine it not being too much of a transition to keep the egg safe by holding it inside there egg pouch and then from there it leads to live birth but I could be wrong.

[@juanleuschner7457]

@@samsalamander8147 Its a very interesting thought.

[@hareecionelson5875]

Read "i, Mammal" by Liam Drew, it's all about mammal evolution, it's one of my favourite books. He has a whole chapter on the emergence of Monotremes, and another chapter on marsupials.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Beaver Duck :) Mother duck, father beaver = Platipuss. Great animal !

[@russianpooch4711]

ew puss

[@aaronforsythe8556]

Plus scorpion

[@manicmarie7258]

Great grandmother = scorpion

[@clownphabetstrongwoman7305]

the mother duck was partly shark too.

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

And a bit of otter too

[@Emper0rH0rde]

I remember when I was a young earth creationist, and being so confident that no evolutionary biologist could possibly explain the existence of a platypus. That kind of confidence is very easy to have when you stay inside your bubble and never listen to any voices from the evolution POV.

[@kjb5128]

I always thought it was interesting that the order things were created in the creation story are mostly the same order as evolution. Also the Abrahamic God is a God that demands people change, so most of the conflicts between scriptures and science just seem so unnecessary

[@Emper0rH0rde]

@@kjb5128 I disagree that God *demands* people change. He makes an appeal to lost people, but he won't force anybody to do anything, because that goes against his nature. At any rate, you are essentially correct that any apparent conflicts between Genesis 1&2 and what we know about the material world are unnecessary, because the creation story was never meant to be understood as a word for word description of events. That understanding of the creation story didn't exist (or at least was not prevalent) until, I believe, 19th century Germany.

[@DuoScot]

you missed the part where they attained the fedora

[@check_about_right_fucking_now]

yeah they did

[@ryanmassie448]

25% Comments: Cool 5% : Evolution Isn't Real!!!! 70% : AGENT P

[@maize2056]

Doo be doo be doo ba... AGENT P!

[@jimanast3593]

70%:off topic!

[@chrisgardiner2215]

the cool response is the problem ...... Who told you that you cannot put food on the table to feed your family ????? = THE TELEVISION Who told you that you must wear a face mask ???? = THE TELEVISION

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

A platypus ?....... PERRY the Platypus !!!!

[@noti7510]

A plumber? A platypus plumber! PERRY the platypus plumber!!

[@Aymenalyf]

Really?😑😑-2nd dimension heinz doof

[@cosminandreimatei756]

CURSE YOU PERRY THE PLATYPUS

[@dinoactual]

Everyone always says “Platypuses have the body of a otter and a bill of a duck!” But nobody ever says “Otters have the body of a platypus and ducks have the bill of a platypus”

[@1TW1-m5i]

They should.

[@allangibson8494]

Platypuses predate both…

[@ryangyansonpaguirigan1439]

Maybe they didn't connect. So who's the ancestor now?

[@audreydunbar402]

I absolutely love your videos! Your graphics are engaging and you have such a relaxing voice! Thanks for the brilliant excuse to procrastinate my 3rd year uni evolution class ;)

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you I really appreciate it

[@philipocarroll]

Show more baby echidnas, they're so cute

[@sineadinglis799]

In case you didn't know, the official name for baby echidnas is a puggle.

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

@@sineadinglis799 Adorable

[@tieck4408]

3:30 There's also a marsupial in the US: the opossum! In the spring you can see them with their young riding their backs (post pouch) very cute, giant nightmare rats.

[@donkeykong5900]

Their my favorite snack

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

I love possums! They're actually much better than (wild) rats because they consume truly enormous quantities of ticks and are immune to rabies.

[@Lemagliedileo]

As usual, very interesting. Thanks for this!

[@mothlightmedia1936]

You're welcome

[@iwasadeum]

I love how insanely different this animal is from any other mammals. Evolution is incredibly interesting, isn't it?

[@petrfedor1851]

When you are adapt to your niche so well you doesn´t need to change in 150 milions years!

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

*imagine being only 150mil yo* -The Shark and Crocodile gang

[@darkness8488]

And at the end of its evolution it became a secret agent

[@Blutteufel]

Until it was assassinated and replaced by Morocco Mole.

[@shmackedmuffins7948]

Evolution: so what do you want? Perry: Yes.

[@Blutteufel]

Evolution: ...Really? Perry: More.

[@afval9257]

I'm proud that your all making phineas and ferb jokes.

[@warrenb8228]

The platypus is one of a few animals I could just watch all day and be completely entertained.

[@akufromthefuture7159]

Given enough time, i bet the platypus could branch off into different forms, with one taking the niche of crocodiles. A mammalian croc... sweet. Or if they ever made their way to the sea, they could eventually turn into whale-like critters

[@concept5631]

Imagine a whale platypus paralyzing prey with electricity

[@stefanoiulli5462]

Fun Fact: The Platypus It is not made of atoms Just it is made of imagination powder

[@mariak.chalmers2577]

Excellent narration. Very clear and informative. A pleasure to listen to.

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

Omg I’ve been waiting for someone to do this video for so long! Thankyou!

[@mothlightmedia1936]

You're welcome

[@jzjzjzj]

Your channel is such a hidden gem so glad i found it please keep making video's :)

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@wcdeich4]

I just love platypuses; hope not too many of them died in the recent Australia fires

[@BlossomPathOnStage15]

They lived around the water stream and river soo there's a high chance that most of them survive... I think?

[@hattedmoron555]

Nah the wildlife will survive they will just suffer some minor losses

[@ScamallDorcha]

@@BlossomPathOnStage15 unfortunately many water bodies got poisoned by all the carbon/charcoal released by the fires which got carried into rivers and lakes by the rain.

[@NautilusMusic]

@Dave much of Australia was but not all It was pretty bad though

[@schmilglorb]

But just remember. HE'S A FURRY LITTLE FLATFOOT WHO'LL NEVER FLINCH FROM A FRAY-EE-AY-EE-AY

[@dougthedonkey1805]

I love how calming your videos are

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@RinpochesRose]

Another excellent informative video with great images and a most relaxing presentation. Makes me want to watch more 👍🏻🙂

[@mikeyoung7660]

Great video. I've always found monotremes very interesting thank you.

[@Heowa]

In German, they are called "Schnabeltier", which literally translates to "beak animal". :D

[@iniminimoshimo]

similarly in dutch they are called "vogelbekdier", which means bird beak animal!

[@SleepySloth2705]

They're called the exact same thing in norwegian; Nebbdyr, beak-animal 🤣

[@dexorne9753]

@@SleepySloth2705 näbbdjur in swedish

[@channel_._.]

They're called “vesinokkaeläin” in Finnish, which translates to “water beak animal”.

[@skulay]

Its fur is also florescent to UV light too.

[@afischer8327]

I have seen videos on the evolution of a species that sound like a dusty mid-19th century lecture on Linnaean classification. What a detailed and intricate world you reveal! Many thanks. I will look at your other videos, and likely subscribe.

[@easportsaxb8057]

Just found this channel in my recommended. I am so glad I looked at it! You got a new sub.

[@DemiseDarling]

The more you look into things the more terrific the world seems.

[@LeechPondSnails]

Moth: obdurodon auto generated subtitles: *jordan*

[@thenightscythe2030]

I like the theory that it is because their habitatswere closer to the south pole, they had less Light... And therefore needed the "Bill" adaption to "see" better in these conditions. This actually explains why Monotreme's seem "stuck/frozen/unchanged" from ancient Times

[@SnakeWasRight]

When I heard Ken Hamm at the end, i was like wut, but different ken ham

[@anonb4632]

Isn't he a Chinese chef? No, wait, that's Ken Hom.

[@teddybouka]

I love when I find a good channel like this to binge, great vids subbed

[@seanelgie]

Platypus look like a Character that spec’d into every skill tree with equal points.

[@lexibyday9504]

do you know what this means?! In the future, a few milion years from now, there will be a huge carnivorous monotreme roaming australia. A lion sized echidna with fewer quills having started to evolve them away. This will be the ancestor of all GRYPHONS

[@cavebat6330]

8:27 This is my most favorite image I have ever seen

[@splendidfalafel8987]

Understandable :D (the water opossum looks like someone stole its ice cream right out of its hand)

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

"So you're telling me I have an Australian cousin that jumps around on his hind legs?!! Preposterous, hombre!!"

[@Botoxcorvette]

1 dislike from a duck.

[@theskyisblue8979]

pp big yes big pp gang uhuh

[@meekuooeeoo]

and a supposed evil scientist

[@Aymenalyf]

@@meekuooeeoo haha dr D🤣

[@gnbman]

It seems dangerous to have such large blood vessels on the edge of the bill. I cam only assume that platypus bills are very tough.

[@JesusChrist-wp5pj]

I can't stop singing perry the platypuses theme in my head while watching this video

[@onetallpheeesh]

Hes a semi aquatic egg laying mammal of action...

[@redmonkey477]

am australian, this video was awesome! i often go down to the creek and find shells from yabbies that have been eaten by platypus, these things are some of the weirdest animals i’ve heard of

[@ThisCallumPerson]

your voice is so calming i often drift off to sleep to your videos, then i watch them again the next day coz i genuinely want to learn :D

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

the stuff about the platypus is nice, but i wanna hear more about the water oppossum and how it basically turns itself into a living submarine

[@randomhuman1965]

GREAT SHOW! very informative and well done!

[@daphneloose5880]

The platypus is adorable!!

[@austinmccormick8952]

Ah, Parry the Platypus. Your timing is uncanny, and my uncanny I mean. COMPLETELY CANNY presses button, trap

[@N-Collective]

Platypus is one of those species were gonna look back on like lots of birds from the 1800s and be like damn, wish that didnt die out.

[@alwillcox]

"One of a handful of mammals that lay eggs" - Illustrated by what is clearly a bird's nest.

[@nesslig2025]

Fantastic video! Where do you get the graphics of the continents? Or do you make them yourself?

[@mothlightmedia1936]

The prehistoric animals are made by artists, but Creative Commons art usually doesn't have a background so I edit them into an image but I make the animations from scratch.

[@robertshein7744]

Spectacular video, a better mic is the next step and this channel will explode! subbed

[@darrencottam1146]

Amazing ,you can see the progression from reptiles to the outside womb to the wombed animals. I believe the platypus and echidna survived through defence mechanisms , especially after the dingo was introduced , platypuses poison spur is very very painful and echidnas dig into the ground very quickly with spines bared and are very hard to dislodge for a dingo.

[@danielrusso4468]

Hi MLM! I love your vids and this one was absolutely fascinating. I just wanted to point out that in referring to groups of mammals, the currently accepted terminology is 'prototherians' (basically monotremes), 'metatherians' (basically marsupials), and 'eutheria' (basically placentals). Just wanted to let you know, in case someone else has more unkind/critical words about it! -a developmental biologist

[@maringreen9672]

Could you make a video about Antarctica and the history of it? Love your videos :)

[@Jerma9000]

5:26 thought someone walked into my room lmao, nice video btw

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Hahaha that's so bad and thank you

[@platygetzkillz627]

lol I thought it was some kind of bird shrieking outside

[@Supasmartguy]

You forgot to mention how they evolved the fedora.

[@diannehogan7605]

Platypuses are more common than people realise. You could be living next to a river or creek and never see them. I've heard there are platypuses in the Yarra River in suburban Melbourne.

[@Sawrattan]

- America: damn placentals, pushing marsupials to the brink! - Australia: damn marsupials, pushing monotremes to the brink! - New Zealand: damn mammals, pushing sphenodons to the brink!

[@bkjeong4302]

The idea placentals displaces marsupials in South America is much more poorly supported than one assumes, since the sparassodonts were not marsupials and went extinct before they actually ran into placental competition.

[@Allyourbase1990]

This has always been one of my favorites. I hope I get to pet one in my lifetime

[@Francois2144]

Since we're dealing with a global plague, you might as well make a video about how viruses evolved.

[@aliahope-wilson4449]

He did one about a month ago 😅

[@WylliamJudd]

I watch your videos at the end of the day to relax. The music is perfect.

[@jamestoney9338]

They have electroreception like sharks. As if aren't already enough of an amalgam of random animals.

[@Clearlight201]

As one of the few animals that produce both eggs and milk, the Platypus is able to make itself a very acceptable custard! ;-)

[@specturv9836]

It all started when my mom 🦢met my dad 🦦they fell in love and had me my name is platypus and my life is kinda crazy

[@diedertspijkerboer]

It was great to learn more about is fascinating animal. Thank you. Also, the graphics were very clear.

[@Weirdoid]

I was expecting more about platypus diverging from a non platypus like ancestor.

[@joluoto]

Turns out the playtpus ancestors we know of were very platypus like

[@Liphted]

Nice vid man!

[@fuchsgaehnen]

you might wanna mention cm/ft measurements, since "five times smaller / three times bigger than the platypus" doesn't really say much

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

Especially when comparing to "the size of a terrier" like idfk how big those are either

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

🤔 Indeed! But only use metric/SI units as appropriate. Why cling to arbitrary measures from centuries ago?

[@lukeferrer3130]

@@sirmeowthelibrarycat I see you are not American 🇺🇸

[@davidgusquiloor2665]

I actually never stopped to think what made the platypus evolve into what it is today. Good thing KZbin recomended me this because it was quite interesting.

[@sanicsnom8419]

0:25 wtf i thought that tail was his beak lmao

[@perrydowd9285]

Thankyou for this upload.👍

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

It's weird how we have marsupials in the Americas and Australia. I wish we had more monotremes!

[@SatireDepartment]

Oh it’s just an evolutionary platypus PERRY THE EVOLUTIONARY PLATYPUS?!

[@macnutz4206]

Thanks. Almost all of this is new information for me.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

You're welcome

[@edwhatshisname3562]

The Platypus: Part shark, part reptile, part mammal. Truly a strange creature.

[@VioletMilks]

Looks like my spore creation

[@mr.carguy654]

He's a semi aquatic egg layin' mammal of action!

[@romancaesar47]

Can we bring back 5 foot long platypus please

[@limeylime8027]

God: how would you like to play the game? Platypus: yes

[@jamesgreep9344]

“... and Ken Ham” Hol up.

[@fluffyone1882]

Not that Ken Ham...there are likely several hundred Ken Hams

[@paulp3992]

Ken Ham being a Patreon is freaking hilarious