SYDNEY -- Australia's platypus is an animal so strange it would not be out of place in a "Star Wars" cantina -- an egg-laying mammal with the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver and a unique way of nurturing its young by excreting milk through its belly like sweat.
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Platypus 'miracle milk' may offer 'superbug' treatment
Australian research raises hope of breakthrough in fight against infections
Australian scientists are investigating the medicinal properties of milk from the platypus, an egg-laying mammal found only in parts of Australia. (Courtesy of CSIRO)
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