Trending News: The platypus, a native of eastern Australia, is a puzzling creature with features from birds, mammals, and reptiles. Male platypuses possess a venomou ...

Talented sniffer dogs Kip and Moss are taking to the water on paddleboards to sniff out platypuses in hard-to-reach habitats.

While the platypus is quirky and even kind of cute, it’s not an animal you ever want to underestimate — as seen in this video, male platypuses are surprisingly venomous!

The dogs have spent seasons surveying the sanctuary’s creek systems to monitor platypus populations and help combat their risk of extinction.