It has fur of an otter, bill of a duck
An ancient mammal, left to suck
From reptilian Synapsids past it broke
As nature’s most peculiar stroke.
​Clear streams winding, root-laced banks
Where the shy and timid survivor ranks
A reclusive, nocturnal creature by nature
Thus survives humans and predators.
It sails through the cool, aquatic veil
With webbed front feet and beaver tail
Though eyes, ears and nostril seal
By electric pulse it learns to feel.
Where silt explodes, the bill dives low
To find the bugs by electric glow
The male defends his breeding ground
With venom spurs where heels are found.
Deep in the darkness, coiled and warm
Mother lays eggs to defy the storm
She feeds her young with oozing milk
Until platy-pups develop fur as soft as silk.
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