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Consider the Platypus

Evolution through Biology's Most Baffling Beasts

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    • PART 1: OUTSIDE IN
    • PART 2: SONG OF MYSELF
    • PART 3: HOPELESS MONSTERS
    • PART 4: THE SECRET TO ETERNAL LIFE
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PART 1: OUTSIDE IN

DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): Something for Everybody

POLAR BEAR (Ursus maritimus): Black and White and Read All Over

BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus): A Huge Problem for Darwin?

TRINIDADIAN GUPPY (Poecilia reticulata): Teacher’s Pet

MASAI GIRAFFE (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi): It’s Not All in the Neck

HORSE (Equus caballus): Born to Run

PEPPERED MOTH (Biston betularia): Want to Paint It Black

DAPHNIA (Daphnia pulex) AND NEMATODE (Caenorhabditis elegans)

RED FLOUR BEETLE (Tribolium castaneum): Cutting Out the Middleman

GIANT MARINE ISOPOD (Bathynomus giganteus): Easy There, Big Guy

HUMAN (Homo sapiens): Definitely Not Descended from Monkeys

NEANDERTHAL (Homo neanderthalensis): Actually People

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): All in Their Heads

MANATEE (Trichechus manatus): Curves in All the Right Places

AMERICAN CROW (Corvus brachyrhynchos): “Flying Monkeys”

AMERICAN PLAINS BISON (Bison bison) COW (Bos taurus): Son of a Beefalo

NEAVES WHIPTAIL LIZARD (Aspidoscelis neavesi): Virgin Births

HOATZIN (Opisthocomus hoazin): Stuck in That Awkward Phase

AFRICAN MALARIA MOSQUITO (Anopheles gambiae): Why, Though?

DOMESTIC DOG (Canis lupus familiaris): Weirdo Wolves with Humans for a Pack

CAT (Felis silvestris catus): Living Its Best (Double) Life

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