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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Seeing living platypus is high on my bucket list, I'm still not convinced it's not a hoax

[–] explodicle 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You can just go see one at the zoo; they're usually with the marsupials and chupacabras.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure they're not with the pumas?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

What did I tell you about making up animals?

[–] vaultdweller013 3 points 2 months ago

I thought you put capybara and just kinda thought you were also implying they were a pseudo SCP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You're very unlikely to see one in the wild, they're nocturnal and their burrow entries are under creek banks

In zoos they live in the nocturnal animal section, probably swimming