Platypus

Here is the best picture we could get of the platypus at feeding time. These creatures are not as big as you may think. They are only about one foot long. There is a small claw on one of the hind webbed feet that has a venom. This, however, is not for protection. It is for fighting other platypi during mating season. David Fleay actually got stung by one of these early in his travels and nearly died. Fortunately he survived and led a life of beauty finding many antivenoms for Australian snakes. There are accounts of Early European settlers amputating their limbs because of the pain that a little whack from these guys can inflict. Pretty serious little claw this guy has.