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Fun Facts about the Platypus: At first they were dismissed as a hoax by the English!
They're a bunch of loners!
And they spend half the day eating!
One of their favorite foods is the "yabby", a crazy-looking crawfish whose scientific name is Cheerax destructor!
Platypi are the only venomous mammals in the world!
They've been on Earth 180 million years. Before that, who can say?!
The Australian aboriginas called them many things, including but not limited to: mallangong, boondaburra and tambreet!
Describing a platypus as "flat-footed" would be needlessly repetitive, since platypus means that!
Calling one a "duck-billed platypus" is also fool-hardy, because what platypus isn't?!
They make two noises. The first is like a puppy growl, the second is akin to the sound of a brooding hen!
Their bills are amazing and harness the power of electrical impulses to find food and secure gainful employment!
No external ear lobes!
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