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Platypus - Stranger Than Fiction
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Posted on 03/04/2010 3:25:11 PM PST by JoeProBono
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An unlikely mix of duck, beaver, and otter, the male platypus also has poisonous stingers on his rear feet.
To: JoeProBono
Nowadays a good plastic surgeon could fix that ...
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03/04/2010 3:27:02 PM PST
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x
To: x
>"Nowadays a good plastic surgeon could fix that"
Ya think?
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03/04/2010 3:29:14 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
To: goseminoles
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03/04/2010 3:35:11 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
God has a wonderful sense of humor. They are precious.
To: JoeProBono
Also unique (along with echidna, again) among mammals in not dreaming...
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03/04/2010 3:38:46 PM PST
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earglasses
(I was blind, and now I hear...)
To: huldah1776
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03/04/2010 3:39:23 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: goseminoles
I want two. A mating pair.
Our local lake, Travis, could support this creature.
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03/04/2010 3:41:20 PM PST
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txhurl
To: earglasses
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03/04/2010 3:42:14 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Male platypuses are poisonous?! Ya learn something new every day!
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03/04/2010 3:44:43 PM PST
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Reaganesque
("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
To: JoeProBono; Fred Nerks
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03/04/2010 3:45:23 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
To: JoeProBono
My favorite platypus is Perry on Phineas and Ferb!
The James Bond of all platypusses...er, platypusi?
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03/04/2010 3:47:49 PM PST
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pillut48
("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
To: SunkenCiv
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03/04/2010 3:50:05 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: pillut48
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03/04/2010 3:50:24 PM PST
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pillut48
("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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03/04/2010 3:51:21 PM PST
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GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
To: earglasses
There are articles that suggest that the platypus and echinda are NOT really mammals, but more like creatures who arose out of the ranks of the reptiles at the base of the dinosaur/bird/crocodile column of things.
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03/04/2010 3:52:02 PM PST
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muawiyah
("Git Out The Way")
To: JoeProBono
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03/04/2010 3:56:38 PM PST
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xp38
To: Reaganesque
Platypus venom is very deadly. I remember seeing soemthing on Discovery or some other nerdy channel about an old Aussie guy who attempted to pick one up and got “spurred” by the animal’s venomous back “fangs”. The big problem was getting the proper antivenom, because people getting poisoned by Platypus venum is extremely rare. He nearly died, and it took months of experimental treatment to cure him.
To: x
Hmmmmmm, looks qualified for a government job at the white house.
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03/04/2010 3:58:08 PM PST
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Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
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