Insect… Incest…
This is one of thse Santa is really Satan things isn’t it?
Actually, they have little talons on their rear feet. Well, big, actually.
All surviving monotremes are toothless, but no endentates are monotremes.
It’s also wildly apocryphal.
Why the Australian government should be actively involved, let alone miffed at it’s “lack of success”, in the breeding platypus is rather beyond me.
ESL’s Warrawong Sanctuary is an more substantial enclosure around an area where platypuses have bread for eons, it’s not breeding in capitivity. Taronga Zoo in Sydney lay claim to be only the second zoo after (Healsville) to successfully produce puggles .
They are also predominantly active at night, and when not deep in their burrows, forage underwater. Having seen them both in the wild and in captivity, it’s a buzz as they are frenetic creatures … but most of the time they’re well out of sight.
They aren’t common, but there’s no suggestion that they are in any danger.
And I guess this is probably my last post on SDMB.
Been fun. See ya! 
Puggles at the Platypussary.
Children’s book!
I once saw a rare piece of footage featuring platypi fucking. Really.
You dope! That was a Neighborhood of Make Believe skecth from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood!
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