A plethora of platypuses
October 22, 2022 4:59 AM   Subscribe

Meet Storm the baby platypus. [Youtube]. Twin baby boy platypuses. [Youtube] George the platypus is released back into the wild. [Youtube] A very plump wild platypus [short video on Twitter]. Rescued baby platypus is doing really really well after significant initial medical challenges. [Youtube]
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (3 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
 
It is worth reading the wiki on platypuses to remind yourself how weird and AWESOME they are, having diverged early in mammalian evolution so frikking long ago!

Egg-laying! Venomous! Electrolocation-capable! Biofluorescent! 10 sex chromosomes!
posted by lalochezia at 5:32 AM on October 22, 2022 [5 favorites]


No stomach! Legs on the sides rather than underneath (like placental mammals)!
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 9:52 AM on October 22, 2022 [2 favorites]


A very plump wild platypus

A fattypus, if that isn’t rude.
posted by Going To Maine at 10:45 AM on October 22, 2022 [2 favorites]


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