Comment on Platypuses

Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I went down this rathole.

  They first grind up the bugs they eat in their mouths, then they have a chamber with bacteria which further reduce their food, then their intestines finish the job.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, is it like a gizard type of thing sort of?

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for doing so, did you figure out why they glow?

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    • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol, I think that’s only in the cartoon, eh.

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      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Shit your being downvoted, now I have to go look myself… if I don’t return I likely have been abducted by egg laying mammals

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• 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, platypuses lost their stomach during evolution, so they basically grind food using gravel and their beak before sending it to the intestine, which has taken on some of the functions performed by stomachs in other animals. Source

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