For Phineas and Fern fans: Dan Povenmire confirmed that the fluorescence thing was discovered (or he only learned about it) long after Perry the Platypus was created, so it was complete coincidence that the iconic teal colour of Perry was actually correct, in a way
boosayrian on
Looks very huggable
JJlaser1 on
Oh, THAT’S why he’s that color
le_bas_du_goulot on
The evolutionary crimson desert
Ecstatic_Bike7532 on
Robin Williams has the best explanation how the fuck that thing came to existence.
And I won’t accept any other explanation
Whatever801 on
The Dark Souls 2 of the animal Kingdom
Historical_Sherbet54 on
Woah. …they glow under uv light like flying squirrels ???
Damn, I had a platypus that lived in my creek (castle forbes tasmania) and as a Canadian I loved it
But I didn’t get to see it as often as I’d have liked….so the UV light aspect woulda been great knowledge —> TIL, cheers
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Alien!
Ironmasked-Kraken on
I keep telling people it’s a real life pokemon and people don’t wana believe me
Mother nature was high AF that day!🤣 Oh, i love them.☺️
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Bill Hicks clearly explained the history behind the creation of the platypus. And Republicans.
Particular_Ant7977 on
R&D department was thinking out of the box with this one.
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Fun fact: platypus are older as a species than ducks, so ducks have a platypuslike beak, not the other way around. Also, the Dutch name for a platypus is vogelbekdier (birdbeakanimal)
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I honestly hope the p&f crew make a joke at some point, where someone who burns very easily pulls Perry into their house and he just turns brown. And Phineas lurches back and says “WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!?” To which the response is “Remove the Uv light?”
They are very elusive. I’ve seen a wild one in my life as a kid in the Blue mountains. (New South Wales, Australia) playing in a rock pool which was pretty awesome . They are almost cryptozoology
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imagine evolving this
SilverShark307 on
For those wondering why this is the case, platypus (and echidna) are monotremes, a mammal group that split off from placental mammals 200 million years ago.
Apart from the swimming adaptations in platypus, living monotremes have more similar characteristics (egg laying, milk from sweat glands) to ancient mammals
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the Junk Drawer of the animal kingdom.
C’mon give that Platypussy a break. Nature experiments too you know.
The venom is from spurs on their back legs not from being bitten.
Just in case its not weird enough…
EDIT: back legs not feet. And only the male is venomous.
This animal feels like an unfinished prototype that was accidentally released.
It’s basically an SCP…
This instantly reminded me of Phineas and Ferb.
Also they have no nipples, sweat milk, and work as federal agents within the tri-state area.
*light turns on. Doofenschmirtz looks down to see a regular Platypus
“A platypus?”
*light turns off and UV light turns on
“PERRY THE PLATYPUS!”
What does blue mean?
Lived 35 years in australia in the right spots and still never just stumbled across one.
https://preview.redd.it/bsd6jybjgjrg1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ef17c01ffa2e63e1d8bb5705f50ee52ab80bbd2
For Phineas and Fern fans: Dan Povenmire confirmed that the fluorescence thing was discovered (or he only learned about it) long after Perry the Platypus was created, so it was complete coincidence that the iconic teal colour of Perry was actually correct, in a way
Looks very huggable
Oh, THAT’S why he’s that color
The evolutionary crimson desert
Robin Williams has the best explanation how the fuck that thing came to existence.
And I won’t accept any other explanation
The Dark Souls 2 of the animal Kingdom
Woah. …they glow under uv light like flying squirrels ???
Damn, I had a platypus that lived in my creek (castle forbes tasmania) and as a Canadian I loved it
But I didn’t get to see it as often as I’d have liked….so the UV light aspect woulda been great knowledge —> TIL, cheers
Alien!
I keep telling people it’s a real life pokemon and people don’t wana believe me
Sounds like it was genetically engineered.
Kindly stop calling our regular animals strange.
– Australia.
Why no I e thought of a superhero named after it?
https://i.redd.it/cph9xewikjrg1.gif
Mother nature was high AF that day!🤣 Oh, i love them.☺️
Bill Hicks clearly explained the history behind the creation of the platypus. And Republicans.
R&D department was thinking out of the box with this one.
Fun fact: platypus are older as a species than ducks, so ducks have a platypuslike beak, not the other way around. Also, the Dutch name for a platypus is vogelbekdier (birdbeakanimal)
I honestly hope the p&f crew make a joke at some point, where someone who burns very easily pulls Perry into their house and he just turns brown. And Phineas lurches back and says “WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!?” To which the response is “Remove the Uv light?”
Apparently it’s a myth they don’t have a stomach: [https://platypus.asn.au/platypus-myths/](https://platypus.asn.au/platypus-myths/)
Platypus looks like something that GPT would spit out
The late, great Robin Williams take on how the platypus was created.
https://youtu.be/nc2JBtrPpIk?si=EYj4MQxcLGmSywt9
They are very elusive. I’ve seen a wild one in my life as a kid in the Blue mountains. (New South Wales, Australia) playing in a rock pool which was pretty awesome . They are almost cryptozoology
imagine evolving this
For those wondering why this is the case, platypus (and echidna) are monotremes, a mammal group that split off from placental mammals 200 million years ago.
Apart from the swimming adaptations in platypus, living monotremes have more similar characteristics (egg laying, milk from sweat glands) to ancient mammals
It’s a semi aquatic egg laying mammal of action