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Platypus aren't generally known for either their ferocity or their taste for the flesh of the living, but the newly described Obdurodon tharalkooschild proves the species family had a past that was decidedly nastier. Or at least bigger.
Scientists at the University of New South Wales in
Australia describe the obdurodon as over a meter in length with very
well-developed teeth, meaning it likely survived on a diet of crayfish,
frogs, small turtles and other unfortunate swimmers...Read more...
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