Duck-billedplatypusOrnithorhynchusanatinusScottsdale Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date June 1, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignZoology Tagged , animal kingdom, BBC Wildlife, beak, bill, biofluorescence, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, ENCODE project, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionary biologists, gene expression, Georges Cuvier, German, human genome, intelligent design, John C. Sanford, lactation, mankind, Neo-Darwinism, New York Times, organs, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, prehensile tail, sensory perception, sex chromosomes, spurs, stomach, tail, Tomoko Ohta, toxins, UV light, venom The Evolutionary Mystery of the Platypus Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig June 1, 2026 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology 5 The bill of the platypus is “the most remarkable organ for sensory perception found in the animal kingdom.” Read More ›