17K views · 667 reactions | With an animal as unique as the platypus, we love all the marvellous facts that come with this Australian species! Drop your platypus facts below! Here's one to start: When the platypus is on the lookout for food, it's bill comes into action! The bill becomes the primary sense organ while foraging in water and can detect prey through vibrations and pressure! Here's Sam from Melbourne Zoo in action!  Thanks Ryan for the video! | Zoos Victoria | Facebook

Did you know that when the platypus was first studied, it caused so much confusion amongst scientists that they thought they were the victim of an elaborate hoax? 🤷 As a family group, monotremes (to which the platypus belongs) diverged from other mammals around 166 million years ago and today the species is one of the most evolutionarily distinct animals on Earth. Image: Hobart Rivulet Platypus via @Wilderness_Aus on Instagram | The Wilderness Society