Platypussies?
Or, Pussplatters
Sylvester the Cat and Daffy Duck both had similar voices. Coincidence? I think not.
Mel Blanc was the offspring of a domestic cat and a duck billed platypus.
But Sir, he started it.
If I understand it correctly, the two critters will become entangled, but only when we open the door to observe them.
I vote for platacats
Sounds like a 50s style do-wop group 
All the (justified) outrage at animal cruelty aside, I have to wonder at what sort of retards capture a sloth for exciting animal combat.
What the hell was a badger doing in New Jersey, and up a tree?
The platypus would be too large to be prey, so the cat will be wary. He will watch the platypus carefully. If the platypus comes near, the cat will hiss as a warning, and if it gets closer, he will scratch the platypus, then run. If there’s a way to get up high, he will. He will see no reason to engage in a fight.
The platypus would probably go looking for a place to hide and ignore the cat unless threatened.
So, ultimately, not much will happen, especially if the cat can leap onto a chair.
In Jersey? Probably extortion – badgering the critter, with the badger knowing full well that if the possum reported it to the police, the police would not do anything (I challenge you to provide even one cite of New Jersey police acting on behalf of a possum’s complaint), and with the possum fearing that if it did not pay-up, then the badger would bury it in The Pine Barrens. It’s a dog-eat-dog world.
Damn right. Those buffaloes in Buffalo are no better.
In the words of Sterling Archer, it would be Meowschiwtz.
You’re all wrong. It would be a catypus.
A platypussy is . . . something else.
An adult platypus is probably too big for a cat to see as prey. Which is a good thing for them, considering the platypus is armed with AGONY-CAUSING VENOM. Too big to torture for fun, either, so you’re not likely to get a fight.
So you’d probably get the standard feline behavior of ‘briefly pester out of curiosity, then pointedly ignore.’ The platypus would probably feel a general malaise due to the lack of water, and as most depressed creatures do, spend too much time online and eat a lot of Taco Bell.
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If you have to ask, you don’t want to know.
Looking for mushrooms? Avoiding snakes?
Good grief everyone knows badgers live in Wisconsin.
For the cat+platypus
Male cat + female platypus = catypus
Male platypus + female cat = platycat
Just like with ligers and tiglons
Just how big is an adult platypus, anyhow? I’m still gobsmacked by my recent realization that I’ve never actually seen a live platypus, 'cause they’re just not kept by many zoos. In my head, they’re slightly larger than Beanie Babies, but that isn’t right, is it? Are they larger than a housecat? Smaller than a pug?
Wikipedia says .7 to 2.4 kilos, and 50-40cm. (1.5-5.3 lbs, and 20-17 inches) So, about half the size of a cat, and ironically enough, almost exactly half the size I thought they were.
Still bigger than an adult rat, though. And it’s a very rare (and big) cat that will take on a full-grown rat.
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I was absolutely terrified of platypuses when I was a child. Not because they freaked me out, I was scared they’d sneak into my room and STAB ME with their VENOMOUS SPUR!! Presumably after hopping a quick charter flight from Australia to New England. Because they do that.
I was a weird kid.
A possible datapoint, from an Australian with cats. While the boys are strictly indoor cats, and there are no platypi around here, there’s a fair amount of wildlife that can come close enough to read their reactions:
*Birds, lizards, mice and suchlike - they definitely go into hunter mode, low and aggressive
*Dogs, cats - aggressive and angry. They want to fight, and chase the competition away
*Foxes - low, still, watchful, fearful - they get as small as they can, and watch until this threat goes away
*Possums, wallabies - curious, upright, neither fearful nor aggressive
I’ve a few theories, but my best guess is that they don’t see those last as a threat, or as prey, but rather as something odd. Whether it’s that they can tell that they are not competition for prey, and they’re too big to hunt, or if they simply don’t have them in their genetic memory, I’m not sure. I lean toward the former. I suspect that if I let them out to say hello to the possum, the possum would not appreciate their presence. I believe the response would be the same with platypussies.
I would just like to point this out:
'nuff said.
Og help me, my brain processes that as “about the size of a human preemie, give or take.” :smack:
Thanks! That actually helps.