A plethora of platypuses

October 22, 2022 4:59 AM

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)

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]