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The Platypus
237 sats \ 12 comments \ @siggy47 6 Mar Animal_World
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36 sats \ 6 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6 Mar
Incredible! The hand of humans and the break of a duck and they lay eggs but are mammals! Did you have them around you when you were a kid?
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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Mar
No! I wish. I used to think they were the size of a medium sized dog. They're actually pretty small. Their venom will apparently give you some serious pain, too.
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36 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6 Mar
So how did you come to know about them as a kid? I mean books or TV?
The zoophilist in me isn't letting me explore more and more about it. Here's a pic of baby platypus.
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Mar
Tell me that doesn't look like a toy.
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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6 Mar
Haha! You caught it.
That’s not a baby platypus, this is a baby platypus
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 6 Mar
You had me going for a second
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 6 Mar
I think one of their feet have a comb so they can brush their hair/fur, right?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Mar
Yes, and a wifi hotspot on their tail, I believe.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 6 Mar
They just amaze me!
Platypuses are one of the only mammals that can detect electricity, and one of the only mammals to produce venom. With a tail like a beaver, a flat bill, and webbed feet like a duck, when the first specimens were brought to Europe people thought they were fakes that had been sewn together. https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/rediscovery-platypus-echidna-proof-mammals-lay-eggs
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 6 Mar
How could you not be fascinated with a name like that?
Sometimes I mention odd names of rarely discussed animals and my daughter will say “is that real” and then we will have to look it up and learn all about it.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Mar
The Platypus doesn't sound real or look real. It literally looks like someone glued a duck bill to its face.
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