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Watch Rare Footage of ‘Ferocious’ Platypuses Fighting in the Wild
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Posted on 06/23/2023 4:45:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Two male platypuses have been caught on camera fighting for territory in Tasmania, Australia. Esme Atkinson, who filmed the video, said the animals were “ferocious” and showed no signs of stopping after 20 minutes. One expert told the BBC the male platypuses, which have venomous spurs,

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: australia; donateforjim; esmeatkinson; platypi; platypus; tasmania; wildlife
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Free preview of what the Musk vs. Zuck fight will look like.

1 posted on 06/23/2023 4:45:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

lol...that was my thought, too.


2 posted on 06/23/2023 4:48:18 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: nickcarraway

That picture looks like an eggplant and something else...

Can’t tell what it is.


3 posted on 06/23/2023 4:49:41 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh,, I DO see a banana on the right hand side..


4 posted on 06/23/2023 4:50:09 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: nickcarraway

I saw a video of a guy at a hospital who had been “stung” by one of these. He was SCREAMING in pain, and they were reluctant to give him more morphine lest he stop breathing. Evidently you don’t mess with these guys.


5 posted on 06/23/2023 4:57:41 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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6 posted on 06/23/2023 4:58:19 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: Sacajaweau
GMTA

Honestly, I'd rather see the platypodes fight.

7 posted on 06/23/2023 4:59:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Platypi?

In Canada they would be platypouses.


8 posted on 06/23/2023 5:02:55 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Riding my bicycle at night in the past week I saw the largest rabbit I ever saw (I was alarmed), a small fox (which I saw in two different locations an hour apart), two raccoons (that were together), a large white cat and just a couple of hours ago a ferret (which moved amazing through the bushes). All here in Berlin.


9 posted on 06/23/2023 5:08:48 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: chajin

Platypuntine


10 posted on 06/23/2023 5:14:21 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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11 posted on 06/23/2023 5:15:00 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Curse you, Perry the Platypus!


12 posted on 06/23/2023 5:16:27 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: nickcarraway

some pictures are not meant to be enlarged!! just sayin...


13 posted on 06/23/2023 5:16:35 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: chajin

Platypudinous!


14 posted on 06/23/2023 5:17:53 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Where did you get the LSD?


15 posted on 06/23/2023 5:27:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Sacajaweau

They were beating the crap out of each other.


16 posted on 06/23/2023 5:33:28 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Bikkuri

It’s two eggplants fighting.


17 posted on 06/23/2023 5:46:05 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Mind me platypuses duck, Bill, mind me platypuses duck. Don’t let him go running in the muck, Bill, just mind me platypuses duck.


18 posted on 06/23/2023 5:52:15 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Your rabbit story reminded me of the behaviour of jack rabbits in rural southeast Nebraska years ago. The rabbits would be sitting on the road or alongside at night. When a car came along they would jump out and run ahead at the limit of the light beam. Young fellow drivers would often speed up with bad results for the rabbit.

I lived in Lincoln attending the University of Nebraska. On occasion, I would bicycle to the farm for the weekend. It was about four hours and sometimes dark for the last part. My light was a generator operated incandescent head lamp. A jack decided to play his game with me. I could tell you that I ran him down with the bicycle, but that would’t be true.


19 posted on 06/23/2023 6:49:19 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: nickcarraway

I’d pay top bill to see them cage fight


20 posted on 06/23/2023 7:58:23 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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