by Kevin T McEneaney
The platypus has a marvelous trick:
it can detect the electrical field
of any animal; all animals
emit an electrical signature;
only the platypus has this talent.
Although they have no teeth, they are fierce,
and able to drown a large nasty rat.
They have been around one-hundred-thirty
million years, while we have been here
about two-hundred thousand years.
During lactation they are great eaters,
consuming their weight in a single day.
Males have two double-headed penises.
Their brains are as densely layered as ours.
