These babies have just hatched from eggs! The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an unusual egg-laying mammal native to Australia, with a duck-like bill and a tail like a beaver.
The platypus is also one of 6 venomous mammals in the world. The others all deliver venom through their saliva, but the male platypus has a special horny spur on the inside of it's heel, used to attack.
Source: Flickr http://goo.gl/GbUh5
More on the platypus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus
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