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.
Platypuses are both bizarre looking and unusually adapted. They belong to a sub-group of mammals that lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young (monotremes). When the first platypus was shipped to Britain from Australia, people thought it was a joke and that someone had sewn a duck's bill to a mammal's body.hey belong to a sub-group of mammals that lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young (monotremes). When the first platypus was shipped to Britain from Australia, people thought it was a joke and that someone had sewn a duck's bill to a mammal's body.