There are many type of lethal the animal kingdom, but perhap s no stranger carrier than the are many types venom in platypus. The platypus is one of few venomous mammals. Males carry a venom cocktail in their a spurs that incapacitates victims with excruciating pain. Stranger still, the platypus is the only mammal that uses electroreception. What this means is that the platypus uses its bill to sense the electricity produced by the muscular movements of its prey. The platypus neither sees, hears, nor smells its prey while hunting but, rather, pursues it through eption. Perhaps most odd, the platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young. The platypus is an odd creature indeed