Publisher. A+E Networks. In Tokyo, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, representing the U.S. government, signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan.
A platypus is often called a queer animal because of its  appearance. The platypus looks a little like an otter with the bill  of a duck and webbed feet, so it's a mixture o â¦ f different animals  traits, seemingly. platypus is often called a queer animal because of its  appearance. The platypus looks a little like an otter with the bill  of a duck and webbed feet, so it's a mixture o â¦ f different animals  traits, seemingly.
Male striped lynx spider showing enlarged pedipalps. Thelyphonida, in dorsal view, with pedipalps in green. Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of cheliceratesâ a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae (jaws) and anterior to the first pair of walking legs. Pedipalps are composed of six segments or articles: the coxae, a single trochanter, the femur, a short patella, the tibia, and the tarsus.