The duck-billed platypus is an unusual animal
This astonishing creature confuses scientists
because it has not just traits of a reptile
but a mammal as well
It swims in water but feeds its young
It has a bill but has fur
It also has webbed feet to glide peacefully through the water
Mother Nature is the most wonderful but fascinating thing
We must not endanger it nor underestimate it
Don’t test its needs