fluffypaws, 4 months ago

@dgar wanna know something really cute? baby platypus are called puggles 🥺 ( so are baby echidnas )

wlf_warren, 4 months ago

@fluffypaws @dgar

awwww 🥰🥰😊👍

waningestrogen, 4 months ago

@wlf_warren @fluffypaws @dgar

My platypus gloves circa 2014

Handknit 'platypus' glove with 'webs' between the fingers and open fingertips.

MikeDunnAuthor, 4 months ago

@dgar

Puggle of the day

The OG born-of-chaos mammal:
Venomous
Duck-billed
Beaver-tailed
Hagfish-eyed
Polyamorous
Egg-laying
Milk-sweating
Worm-eating
Electrolocation
Glows under black light

graphite, 4 months ago

@MikeDunnAuthor @dgar venomous?

dgar, 4 months ago

@graphite @MikeDunnAuthor
Poisonous spines on back feet. Very painful.

MikeDunnAuthor, 4 months ago

@dgar @graphite have you been stung?
I once got to hold a an echidna

dgar, 4 months ago

@MikeDunnAuthor @graphite
Platypus is very shy and very rare. I’ve never seen one personally. It is reportedly very painful to be stung by a platypus.
I have felt echidna spines though. They’re very sharp.

graphite, 4 months ago

@MikeDunnAuthor @dgar MILK-SWEATING?!?!?

dgar, 4 months ago

@graphite @MikeDunnAuthor
They lactate, but also lack nipples.

graphite, 4 months ago

@dgar @MikeDunnAuthor WHATTTTTTTTT

hosford42, 4 months ago

@graphite @dgar @MikeDunnAuthor lol I am enjoying this reaction.

It's an intermediate evolutionary state our own ancestors went through. We are all descendants of milk sweaters.

MikeDunnAuthor, 4 months ago

@hosford42 @graphite @dgar
Exactly!

andrewt, 4 months ago

@MikeDunnAuthor @dgar 🎶 we didn't start the fire

dgar, 4 months ago

@andrewt @MikeDunnAuthor 🤭

leighms, 4 months ago

@dgar my wife wants one.

Any going spare,?

dgar, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

@leighms 🤭

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus_venom

lemgandi, 4 months ago

@dgar A baby platypus in English is a platypup. ( useful for computer naming)

RTFirefly, 4 months ago

@lemgandi @dgar
This makes my day. I will wait as long as it takes to use platypup in everyday conversation.

dgar, 4 months ago

@lemgandi @RTFirefly
I saw a platypup on Mastodon today. 😊