Worst passenger ever. [Ed. note: Having an annoying platypus in the backseat causes more accidents every year than drunk driving and careless cell phone use combined.]
Science Buzz A stuttering platypus and his friend sing a song. I don't really get to talk to a lot of platypus folk, so I don't know if all platypus stutter or just this particular one. [Via]
Science Buzz Scientists have mapped the bizarre DNA of the duck-billed platypus. Citing it as a key to understanding all mammalian evolution, scientists noted the platypus also has 10 different sex chromosomes, instead of just X or Y, and say it may finally solve the question about the origin of the scrotum.