The platypus is arguably one of the most distinct animals on the planet. Here are a few things you might not have known about ...

George Shaw, keeper of the natural history collections at the British Museum (which were to later become the Natural History Museum), accepted the platypus as a real animal. In 1799 he was the first ...

the earliest known species of platypus. Aus Museum Prof Tim Flannery opalised jaw parvopalus clytei. Image James Alcock_JP_8063 Aus Museum Dr Matt McCurry opalised jaw parvopalus clytei.