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Australia and its People › Society
What is the platypus significant for in Australian culture?
- It is Australia's national animal symbol
- It is the animal on the Australian 50 cent coin
- It is a unique monotreme mammal found only in Australia, one of the few egg-laying mammals in the world
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The platypus is one of the world's most unusual mammals — a monotreme that lays eggs and nurses its young with milk through skin pores. Found only in eastern Australia and Tasmania, it is considered a living evolutionary relic. Males are also venomous, making the platypus one of the few venomous mammals in existence.