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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI, for one, welcome our semiaquatic, egg-laying, mammalian, monotreme overlords.
Solly Mack
(90,803 posts)Well, sorta.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Well, not the "welcome our overlords" part.
Solly Mack
(90,803 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)BlueSpot
(856 posts)Phone bill, electric bill, duck bill ... you know how it goes.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Just struck me funny.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I love your intelliigence and what you post here, always well-thought and clearly expressed. You're a gem, kid, never to be extinct I hope.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Glad to know my plan is working.... That's Exactly how I wanna seem. BWA-HAA-HAAA!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I read it with a Yiddish accent.
Too cute!
AllyCat
(16,267 posts)Able to best Dr Doofenschmirtz with a single swipe.
Skittles
(153,310 posts)Joe Chi Minh
(15,229 posts)flamin lib
(14,559 posts)who often look odd as well.
Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)liberalla
(9,279 posts)i wish i could hold them!
Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,498 posts)billh58
(6,635 posts)The platypus is one of the most unusual creatures in the animal kingdom. Platypuses (which is the correct plural form, not "platypi" have a paddle-shaped tail like a beaver; a sleek, furry body like an otter; and a flat bill and webbed feet like a duck. In fact, the first time a platypus was brought from Australia to Britain, people couldn't believe that it was a real animal. They thought that a trickster had sewn two animals together, according to the BBC.
Platypuses are among the few venomous mammals. Males have a spur on the back of their hind feet that is connected to a venom-secreting gland. More venom is secreted during mating season, leading researchers to think that the spurs and venom help males compete for mates, according to the Australian Platypus Conservatory. The venom is not life threatening to humans, but it can cause severe swelling and "excruciating pain."
http://www.livescience.com/27572-platypus.html
Just the facts ma'am, just the facts.