Platypus milk has protein with potential to fight superbugs

The milk of the duck-billed platypus has a unique protein with antimicrobial properties that Australian scientists believe could be a new lead in creating antibiotics effective against superbugs.

The platypus is already a strange creature â€” a venomous mammal with a beaver-like tail and duck bill. Because it is a monotreme, it lays eggs

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