Platypus

The platypus is a very unusual animal found only in Australia. It lays eggs, but it is not a bird. It can inject you with venom (from a spur on its hind leg) but it is not a snake.

Platypus are found in waterways, and are very good swimmers. They grow to about half a metre long, and are dark brown with a rubbery snout, very much like a duck's beak.