The platypus’s (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom-delivering spur was a curiosity highlighte

The platypus’s (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom-delivering spur was a curiosity highlighted within “Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy…Including an Account of Animal and Mineral Poisons” (1832) by John Stephenson. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @usgs Libraries Program https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40987289
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