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I'm back with another episode. In Australia, Chris and Martin are exploring strange creatures: monotremes (egg-laying mammals). One of them has a beaver-like tail, webbed feet similar to frogs or otters and a duck-like bill. That creature is the platypus. The other monotreme is a mix of porcupine (quills) and anteater (behaviour and body shape). This animal is called the echidna. Back in the Creature Club, Allison argues with Ttark (an extinct dinosaur) about whether the creature world operates on the same "rules" as humans do. Ttark says no due to "weird" creatures that baffle us humans such as aardvarks, the monotremes, penguins in Australia (blue fairy) that dig burrows, thorny devils in the outback, flightless birds, etc. Allison however says yes due to creature reproduction (placental mammals such as horses give birth to live young that are well-developed, marsupials such as kangaroos birth small and undeveloped young that grow in pouches, and other creatures lay eggs such as reptiles, birds and insects). Ttark and the brothers both inform and prove to her however that the monotremes are real creatures. However, we get evolutionary teaching yet again: it is defined as creatures adapting to situations and environment. This though is something that even creationists claim to believe hence evolution must be deeper than that. Lastly, we learn that the platypus was once defined as a hoax during the 1700's and 1800's. Pretty humourous stuff. Overall it was an enlightening episode. Have a good day.
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