Probing Platypus Evolution | National Geographic
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2009
- National Geographic researchers are trying to collect DNA samples from these odd duck-billed mammals to determine whether there are separate subspecies.
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can we just talk about how fierce platypuses are? Look how it walks! It struts like there is no tomorrow! xD
Cutest freak of nature ever.
i love how in australia, nature was like "ok lets mix beaver and duck" and BOOM you have platypus.
"Extremely awkward on land."
*Perry:* Hold my fedora
"Only in Australia?"
Dude, ever been to Danville?
Ah yes Danville
That guys shirt just says "college"
I'm guessing that you've never seen Animal House with John Belushi?
"What's your job?" Man, I study Platypuses!
Dear Evolution,
You f***ed up on this one.
Love,
Alan
They're made of pure awesomeness... I love them!
Humans, awkward on land, worst on the internet. Can't we all just enjoy the video and not leave comments that try to argue about evolution? I wonder how terrified that platypus must be when being held by it's tail though.
Yea, and they cut a bit of it's skin to.
It's would hurt, I think...
Being held by the tail is not fun...
Because these videos are all about science therefore debates between science and religion is always the theme.
Why? Because we're talking about what reality is and let's say this proves all religions wrong (in some mind blowing way lol) then some of us are following futile and damaging dogmas.
No I'm afraid not.
"They're extremely awkward on land" I can relate...
I swore my teachers back in highschool said we had these in america lol shows why my self 'schooling' was far better than most of my teachers
either case... i love 'em. :P
Kasha Khan, Dreach-Fhoula, Púca LOL ME TOO ONLY I PROVED HER WRONG
But not in high school
Go home evolution, you're drunk.
Wait... So what?! Are they their own subspecies? Or the exact same species but smaller due to environment differences? I want to know
+Absolute Anarchy Me too man, good unanswered questions are so not cool
I just love watching it run at the beginning. It makes me giggle with delight. :)
4:37 Wow, platypus are freaking ninjas.
Omg this is nothing like PERRY THE PLATYPUS from Phineas and Ferb !
The "bill" of the platypus has many electrical and mechanical sensors running longitudinal down its bill that can sense the slight electrical discharge given off by its prey. It uses these combination of senors in its bill to "see" its prey and find food in the water and mud. It also closes its eyes and ears while doing this to focus entirely on the sensors in its bill. This is similar to how bats use sonar to "see".
2:50 - that's some good platypus catchin music right there!
Amazing and fascinating creatures.
Try putting the captions on :D
Lol! I like em!!!
i could watch that thing walk all day and it would never fail to make me cry with laughter.
superb
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So essentially a beaver once had sex with a duck a while back...Now we have these?
No essentially, this is what ducks looked like whilst evolving into beavers. Some just stayed similar (current platypuses) and others evolved into beavers :-)
Raul Pinto have u seen a platypus, that mofo is walking around with a beak. Anyway to answer your question yes.
Ava Lawrence lol Who knows for sure. I was just joking though.
Why not? Do you understand the theory of evolution? I guess you're watching too much pokemon.
thats agent p! (agent perry) hahah xD
BEAUTIFUL.
Thought it was platypi?
Exactly what I was thinking.
Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, the term "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect and a form of pseudo-Latin; the correct Greek plural would be "platypodes".
That's what I found out... :/
These are the most adorable animals ever
i had a presentation about them today (:
MOST AMAZING ANIMALS EVER
Awww! They're so cute when they run! I love the Platypus! It's so weird but cute! ^.^
The theory of evolution describes how one species can have a branch that ends up becoming a new species...It doesn't require it to happen with every branch. If over generations a branch ends up with some traits from another species and that "mix" happens to be particularly well suited to it's environment, it may not continue to pick up the additional traits needed to be classified as a different species and continue in that general form (with only minor changes) for as long as that form "works."
i didn't know any of this stuff this really helped me with my project
I love these semi aquatic egg laying mammals of action! :D
It's like a combination of sea otter, duck, and beaver. They are bizare, but pretty cute.
why would anyone dislike this? this has no reason for a dislike!
Thank you! I love these things lol...
Very nice video!
I just fell in love with a platypus!
Very educational
It's mind blowing that those things exists at all.
beautiful
@Gruftine "Nice entrance, Agent P!"
Awwwww perry is sooooo cute! What if we saw him turn into a secret agent?
I loled at the guy whose shirt said "college".
Australia has some very unique and strange evolution, even the the dinosaurs from Australia are very strange.
OMG you guys are so lucky you get to see PLATYPUSES! there one of meh fav animals... :)
@jmrleroy
i agree
i never get tired of seeing them in the wild
Oh, I like that guy's plugs. Gauges are amazing.
I'm in science class in school and they told us to look these up on our iPods so I'm just going to watch this video and then check my social media :D
I've never seen a platytus run o land before... It looks adorable!!! ^^
This reminds me of the last time I was abducted by aliens. They were holding me upside down from my ankles, and chopped off a bit of corneum from my big toe!
im in love with this animal
They're cute little creatures! I didn't realize they were that small.
beautiful beautiful beautiful creatures
the platypus is adorable
I love these things
very kute,i love it
Is that a young Platypus or are they all so small? Platypusses are AWESOME!
i like the introduction :)
Platypi are so cool
I saw 2 in North Queensland, swimming in a rainforest creek, first and only time I've seen one!
I feel enlightened now.
If platypuses would stay as small as the one in 1.25 I'd love to have one! It looks adorable!
AWSOME I LOVE PLATAPUSES
The platypus: silent but deadly
agree bro
We want more videos about platypus!!! :D
you know he has more than just mad skills...
Huh? Would you look at that? A platypus.
(Pulls a brown fedora, theme song begins)
PERRY, THE PLATYPUS?!
When he was sitting on that rock he started to look like my cat Eddie when he gags!! Lol
1:28 I always pictured them to be bigger. Maybe just bigger than cat sized. Interesting.
cuute
The guy that the narrator calls “the scientist” has a t-shirt that says “college.” Just “collage.” 🤣😂👍
SO CUTE!!!!
If platypuses began taking over the local ecosystem where I live, I would be perfectly ok with that.
I couldn't stop laughing at the start of the video!
I LOVE
0:01 - 0:14 PERRY, PERRY THE PLATYPUUS, HE'S AGENT P!
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listen at 4:21 right when it runs off. Best. Noise. Ever.
my fav animal so frinkin adorable
There are NO videos of platypus eggs hatching...I wish there was, that would be facinating
Adorableee
Nice, Platypus FTW!!!
Platypuses are so awesome! :D
i was like aww its so cute then they showed the poison thing
It's much smaller than I thought (I always thought it was rughly the same size as a beaver). It's adorable though!
Great that there were no Australian researches working on this
What do you mean not graceful, platypi are some of the coolest looking things ever.
The semi-aquatic egg laying mammal of action!
platypus are kickass
@insanic1 there are a few mutations that turned up outside of Africa but they are minor. As it is, somebody from East Africa is less related to somebody from West Africa than somebody from Ireland compared to someone from China, because the group that left Africa was even smaller. There are whole books about this out there, and I think a NOVA special a few years ago.
Obessed
@insanic1 Also, subspecies designation these days is usually based on genetic studies rather than just morphology. Differences in size or appearance alone may indicate something worth studying, but it doesn't always result in declaration of a new sub-species. Some animals and plants have, upon genetic study, turned up to have fewer or more subspecies than previously thought.
i did't know that they were that small!!!
que bonitos estan son peluditos.. O_O.. son agresivos? alguien sabe si siguen en mucha probabilidad de peligro de extincion?
i never knew that they wer so tiny!!!!!!!!! its soooo cute!!!!!!
Phineas:Where's Perry?
Ferb: ......
*when scientist captures platypus*
Candice: IM TELLING MOM!!!