yes they can be
but they don't have nipples - they sweat milk.

but enough about Boris.

:D
( but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all is drinking bloody maries, Wed 23 Jan 2008, 23:50, archived)

*much shudderence*

( Tom O'Bedlam Bloody hell, I'm on the compo popular page...., Wed 23 Jan 2008, 23:52, archived)

:)
Although possessing mammary glands, the Platypus lacks teats. Instead, milk is released through pores in the skin. There are grooves on her abdomen that form pools of milk, allowing the young to lap it up

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus#Reproduction
( but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all is drinking bloody maries, Wed 23 Jan 2008, 23:53, archived)

Clear evidence that there is a designer.
And that he's a fucking weirdo.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 23 Jan 2008, 23:55, archived)

so that may in fact be the first sensible use of a meme
bugger me. they're spectacularly weird animals aren't they? best argument for evolution or a god with a sense of hummus
( Tom O'Bedlam Bloody hell, I'm on the compo popular page...., Wed 23 Jan 2008, 23:56, archived)

they're fucking strange
they're also the only mammal that is poisonous.

edit: as in - the males have a poisonous spur that apparently can cause very serious pain in humans.
( but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all is drinking bloody maries, Wed 23 Jan 2008, 23:59, archived)

late edit:
the platypus isn't the only venomous mammal, even.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_mammals
( but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all is drinking bloody maries, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 0:06, archived)

"and also why the duck billed platypus*

*not why it does anything, just why"

may not be entirely accurate, my copy of the last continent is 180 miles away
(cs192 must remember to avoid b3ta during the holidays, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 14:54, archived)