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Platypuses (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'd like to be, oooohhhh my favorite animal

I want to be, oooohhhh my favorite animal

I'd be a platypus, for you

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

It's also adorable! Also, the babies are called platypups!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm curious now how a mammal develops in an external egg. The process seems so weird.

[–] loaExMachina 17 points 3 days ago

I think they might've diverged from therians (placentals+ marsupials) before their ancestors became viviparous.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's a Pokémon. And so far, the only one with at least 4 types: water, poison, flying and electric. How the fuck can you even counter it?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

Bin parts build

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

"Welcome to Platypus paradise!"

[–] Mandy 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Venomous? But...if not friend, why friend shaoed?????

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just the males, iirc.

They have venomous spurs in their hind feet used in chasing off other males.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And their venom HURTS. They’re not particularly deadly or anything but their venom will land you in the hospital or at least laid up in bed for a while. My stepmother grew up out in the bush in NSW the ‘70s and received one of the few recorded platypus envenomations and she described it as the most painful experience of her life. She said childbirth was a breeze compared to the platypus sting!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I guess they subscribe to the "if they're still alive, they'll tell others how much it sucked, and we'll be bothered less." theory.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

They also have spikes in their hind legs that they use to deliver an extremely painful venom that can paralyze small animals.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And it has natural eyeliner

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

YES!! This is the content in here to see.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Platypussies*

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Glows under UV, AND is Fluorescent? Remarkable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that raised an eyebrow. For anyone whose eyebrows remained unraised, fluorescence is glowing under UV.

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