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[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 month ago

Show loris(big eyes), African crested rat(spiky hair), Cuban solenodon(shrew like thing), and of course the platypus.

[-] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 11 points 1 month ago

I was only aware of a platypus. Is it all administered through some barb like appendage on the legs? Which one shoots venom missiles?

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago

The loris and the solenodon have toxic saliva. The rat is controversial as it slathers chewed up poison dart tree on itself so hairs absorb it but it doesn't produce venom/poison itself. Not sure of any "venom missiles" from mammals.

[-] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Damn rats are smart.

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