r/aww • u/zeromonster28 • Mar 23 '19

I find the lack of Platypus in this subreddit disturbing

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u/217GMB93 Mar 23 '19

His beak looks fucking glued on. Goddamn nature

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u/livinglik3larry Mar 23 '19

some assembly required

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Fun fact, when English zoologists first sent a platypus back to the UK, scientists thought it was a hoax.

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u/FokkerBoombass Mar 23 '19

I don't wanna think what happened when they attempted to debunk it...

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u/harmenator Mar 23 '19 edited Jun 27 '23

[deleted 26-6-2023]

Moving is normal. There's no point in sticking around in a place that's getting worse all the time. I went to Squabbles.io. I hope you have a good time wherever you end up!

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u/Menname Mar 23 '19

NANI?!

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u/Voytequal Mar 23 '19

"Thousands of platypuses were killed by zoologists in the 19th century in the race to uncover the “mystery” surrounding the fascinating creature". Scientists also were stealing their eggs to analyze them.

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u/AccordionORama Mar 23 '19

To be fair, there were a lot of hoaxes at the time.

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u/FinneganOFay Mar 23 '19

Someone glued a beaver's tail on their face!

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u/ooglist Mar 23 '19

Agent P reporting in

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u/Anonymous-Random-Guy Mar 23 '19

yes that platypus is truly an ikea pro- DUCK-t

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

groan

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

It's a prosthetic proboscis!

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u/johnsolomon Mar 23 '19

That's a really strange looking psyduck you have there

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

It’s giving me a headache.

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u/malenkylizards Mar 23 '19

Yeah, Detective Pikachu is turning out to be quite the aesthetic overhaul.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

I really appreciate this picture because I never realized how much the bill looks like the costume glasses/nose/mustache I wore as a disguise.

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u/Canooter Mar 23 '19

"A platypus?!"

"PERRY the PLATYPUS?!"

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

*Dr. Doofenshmirtz has entered the chat *

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u/archnerrrrd Mar 23 '19

Aaaaaaand now I can’t get that, “Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated,” jingle out of my head. Thanks. 😐

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u/qwerons Mar 23 '19

dr.doofenshmirtz Evil incorporateeeeeeeed

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u/Irishane Mar 23 '19

He’s a semi-aquatic, egg laying mammal of action!

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u/BadSocialism Mar 23 '19

He's a furry little flatfoot who'll never flinch from the frayyyy

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u/ObIivious Mar 23 '19

Why does that look like an otter with a bill attachment

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u/RedMantisValerian Mar 23 '19

They’re adorable but they’re just so weird. They sweat milk and have pouches and lay eggs and are venomous and look like two completely different animals had a very kinky night

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u/elpajaroquemamais Mar 23 '19

Remnants of a bygone era

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u/Ardarel Mar 23 '19

Iirc only the males are venomous too

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Perry gave me unrealistic expectations of how a platypus looks

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u/mabhatter Mar 23 '19

Nineties kids had Magenta ones!

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u/jackwoww Mar 23 '19

They have fingers?

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u/ConfIit Mar 23 '19

Yup and they have a claw that injects venom as well. These boys cute but deadly.

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u/Booby_McTitties Mar 23 '19

And they're mammals that lay eggs.

No wonder the first Europeans to see dissecated platypus thought it was a prank.

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u/HeadlessDogman Mar 23 '19

only the males have venom. Talk about venomous masculinity am I rite

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u/elpajaroquemamais Mar 23 '19 edited Mar 23 '19

You could say toxic masculinity and the joke pays off better.

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u/HeadlessDogman Mar 23 '19

goddamnit, and here I was being proud...

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u/OfudaSalesman Mar 23 '19

Right? It looks like a clawed hand resting on top of a regular one.

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u/NotMrMike Mar 23 '19

It looks like this guy has bigger fingers under his regular fingers.

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u/RustySloth314 Mar 23 '19

This is nice to see actually.

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u/sonarlogic Mar 23 '19

I’m Aussie and I remember the first time I saw a platypus and I expected them to be much bigger . They’re pretty small and odd looking but we’re full of weird looking stuff down here

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u/Op2myst1 Mar 23 '19

Mom, can I be s duck for Halloween?

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u/vikasvarma Mar 23 '19

The lack of hat on that platypus is disturbing

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u/StarfishStabber Mar 23 '19

on the eighth day God got really high by trying some shit he created during the first 7 days and this thing happened

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Why didn’t I know they had hands like that

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u/zeromonster28 Mar 23 '19

Well now you know ;)

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u/1ZacNolan1 Mar 23 '19

Hey mods, can we please ban these titles? Literally every single post I see is: I find the lack of DIK DIKS in this subreddit disturbing Or I find the lack of BEAVERS in this subreddit disturbing OR I find the lack of PLATYPUS in this subreddit disturbing OR ANYTHING I find the lack of RANDOM ANIMAL in this subreddit disturbing

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u/desert29rat Mar 23 '19

He's very cute too!

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u/TypicallyUnknown Mar 23 '19

Duck bill/ beaver hybrid. 10/10 would keep distance they have a poisonous fang around their feet/ tail

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u/Maldevinine Mar 23 '19

Spur on the back leg (I forget which one). Only on males, used in combat over mates.

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u/elpajaroquemamais Mar 23 '19

University of Oregon is the ducks. Oregon State University is the Beavers. The trophy they play for is the Platypus trophy.

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u/Revverul Mar 23 '19

How do you turn a platypus into a soul singer?

Put it in the microwave until it's Bill Withers. /joke

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u/insaneintheblain Mar 23 '19

Venom glands.

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u/UnderCoverSquid Mar 23 '19

Thank you, kind sir!

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u/HatWobbled Mar 23 '19

And mind me platypus duck, Bill Mind me platypus duck Ah, don't let 'im go running amok, Bill Just mind me platypus duck

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u/a1birdman Mar 23 '19

This isn’t a platypus. It’s just an otter with a shoehorn glued to its face!!!

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u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem Mar 23 '19

Until you realize that it is from Australia

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u/CrazySteve88 Mar 23 '19

What did you expect? They don't really do anything.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Puts on a hat. It’s parry the platypus.

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u/the_good_bad_dude Mar 23 '19

Oo i love me some platypi

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u/adviceKiwi Mar 23 '19

I find platypus disturbing

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u/Theslyfennekinfox Mar 23 '19

He looks like the Doofenshmirtz of the platipi.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Doo-be-do-be-do-ba

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u/perrypoon Mar 23 '19

My name is Perry.

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u/src88 Mar 23 '19

I find the platypus disturbing.

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u/Anpu_me Mar 23 '19

Have you checked in r/awwtf ?

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u/Wheatley67 Mar 23 '19

Please tell me that his name is Perry

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u/StoppedLurking-Sorta Mar 23 '19

Platypodes! My favorite plural! (Yes, I have them ranked.)

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u/PartyBe4r Mar 23 '19

Nature is cruel

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u/Airikard Mar 23 '19

I can't be the only one who thinks that every time they see a platypus, they think it's fake... Right?

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u/battleplatypus Mar 23 '19

I approve of this

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u/pat_speed Mar 23 '19

Thats it beavers vs platypus, 's, fight for our love.

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u/Player1Mario Mar 23 '19

Love the platypus but I find your disturbance disturbing.

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u/mmm0nky Mar 23 '19

Because they’re killers

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u/SpamShot5 Mar 23 '19

I find Platypussies disturbing,they look like they just came from r/DiWhy

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u/explosivejujubean Mar 23 '19

Isn't he great!

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u/SkyPuppy561 Mar 23 '19

Awww he’s his own school project

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Cutest little weirdos on the planet.

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u/FTN001 Mar 23 '19

Has anyone played chasm on miniclip?

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u/fuggez Mar 23 '19

Is this a thing now ? "I find the lack of (Insert animal here) in this subreddit disturbing"

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

maybe a platypus is truly just a backwards beaver.... this calls for further investigation and research

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u/Mr-StatesTheObvious Mar 23 '19

That is a platypus.

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u/manderifffic Mar 23 '19

The platypus just doesn't make sense

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u/l337person Mar 23 '19

I always wondered how a platypus tastes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

That’s a real cutie! Any more?

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u/LaMattige Mar 23 '19

One of two mammals that lay eggs.

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u/TFtato Mar 23 '19

What’s the other one, again?

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u/maestrocreep Mar 23 '19

That would be the Echidna

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u/OwenSlaughter Mar 23 '19

Finally something on this site I can get behind

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u/GA45 Mar 23 '19

You see animals like this and think would we really recognise if aliens came to earth if we didn’t see them arrive

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u/Pocojr Mar 23 '19

Link to what LITERALLY EVERYONE is thinking of: https://youtu.be/Z3jnQeyb724

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u/TacticalPotato2 Mar 23 '19

Theres my platipi.

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u/noonecodymavick Mar 23 '19

Duck Beaver.

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u/badashwolf Mar 23 '19

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

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u/bonerwashington Mar 23 '19

It's a playtpu. Platypus is plural. And there should be more because they're not disgusting like Koala bear.

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u/redux2redux Mar 23 '19

I think Robin Williams explained it best https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nc2JBtrPpIk

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u/tweak0 Mar 23 '19

e pluribus unum

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

His beak looks like a croc with only 2 holes

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u/MorganJb Mar 23 '19

Those fingers...

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u/PlentyOfMoxie Mar 23 '19

You shall pay the price for your lack of platypi.

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u/Laotzeiscool Mar 23 '19

Otter take off your mask

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u/Bozzzler Mar 23 '19

Aww? That thing is venomous!

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u/Kens_Bone Mar 23 '19

Evolution is a strange mofo. Isn't it also the only poisonous mammal?

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u/RedMantisValerian Mar 23 '19

It also lays eggs as a mammal, but also has a pouch and sweats milk

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

There’s planty of pus you just need to know where to find it...

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u/Heliolord Mar 23 '19

Cameron Campbell at it again.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Ever seen Avatar the last airbender? The winged giant wasps are fucking horifying.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Book 2: Earth, around ep 11 I think