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Only adult male platypuses are venomous. Male platypuses have a venomous spur on each of their hind legs, through which they can deliver a venom strong enough to kill a small â¦ dog, and to cause almost paralysing agony to an adult human.latypuses are not poisonous at all, but adult males have venomous spurs on their ankles. Female platypuses do not have venom, but they are born with spurs.
The male platypus has a spur on either hind foot that excretes venom. Though females are also born with the spurs, they fall off before adulthood. Aside from two other mammals -- certain species of shrew and solenodons -- harboring venom is a trait usually reserved for reptiles and amphibians.n fact, the male platypus produces venom mostly during the spring, which just happens to be when platypus couples breed [source: National Institutes of Health ]. Apparently, the venom isn't meant to kill other males, only to provide for a rousing fight.