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Stunning breakthrough: the platypus and echidnas came from the South Pole

Just when you thought Australia’s animals couldn’t get any weirder comes the astounding revelation that the ancestors of the platypus and echidnas evolved in Antarctica.

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The puzzle of the platypus: could time be up for this iconic Aussie animal?

With bizarre physiology and an equally strange collection of genes, the platypus is like no other animal. But, after more than 120 million years of evolution, could time soon be up for this unique Australian.

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Stunning breakthrough: the platypus and echidnas came from the South Pole

The puzzle of the platypus: could time be up for this iconic Aussie animal?