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Now possible (time saving tip) positively identify genuine platypus (platypi) using ordinary ultraviolet light.
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Clockworkmike
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I once got into a debate with a coworker on what is the plural term of a platypus. Platypi is the common accepted plurality, but apparently Platypuses is used too as is the rarer, Platypodes.
This is the dumb
you begin discussing when you're working on a job inside a federal prison and they declare an institutional recall aka lockdown, as you're sitting inside a supply room for 6hrs lol
OP
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I once got into a debate with a coworker on what is the plural term of a platypus. Platypi is the common accepted plurality, but apparently Platypuses is used too as is the rarer, Platypodes.
This is the dumb
Now, understand separating platypi male from female is a little more difficult...(since they lay eggs without having sex...)
Clockworkmike
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Eggs without sex? What the hell was going on in nature the day these guys were created?
-Skeletal system of a reptile
-Lays Eggs, yet is a mammal
-Males are venomous
-Bioluminescent
-Uses Electrolocation like a Dolphin
-Nose of a Duck
-Retractable webbing in their feet
-Body of a Beaver
Its like they were assembled with spare parts by a mad scientist ( sorry for the name check lol) but they are absolutely cool animals
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I can think of only 2 mammals that lay eggs....
eSGEe
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are you regularly "identifying" platypi?
How large is the UV light?
WHERE are you spelunking for said platypi?
DO you have a permit?
If your in Cali-- you NEED a permit for platypi pilfering in Plumas or Placer Counties anyway
OP
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You have to catch it first before you identify one. Good luck w/ that.
( they have big sharp pointy spines very nasty )
Apparently the male lays eggs, and that makes it all the more confusing...
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steveb63
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And don't forget, they never ever pitch in on the beer runs.
OP
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They are all a bunch of ornithorhynchus cork sniffers....
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Reproduction
Male duck-billed platypuses initiate most mating interactions but successful mating relies entirely on the willingness of females. Mating is seasonal and varies with population. Male and female platypuses touch as they swim past each other. The male grabs the tail of the female with his bill and if the female is unwilling, she will try to escape by swimming through logs and other obstacles until she is set free. However, if she is willing, she will stay near the male and will allow him to grab her tail again if he dropped it. The male then curls his body around the female, his tail underneath her to one side of her tail. Then he moves forward and bites the hair on her shoulder with his bill.
"Other details of the mating patterns of platypuses are mainly unknown due to their secretive, aquatic nature."
There is a higher proportion of spur wounds in males than females, which may be explained by aggressive encounters between males during mating season. (Grant and Temple-Smith, 1998; Pasitschniak-Arts and Marinelli, 1998)
Male duck-billed platypuses initiate most mating interactions but successful mating relies entirely on the willingness of females. Mating is seasonal and varies with population. Male and female platypuses touch as they swim past each other. The male grabs the tail of the female with his bill and if the female is unwilling, she will try to escape by swimming through logs and other obstacles until she is set free. However, if she is willing, she will stay near the male and will allow him to grab her tail again if he dropped it. The male then curls his body around the female, his tail underneath her to one side of her tail. Then he moves forward and bites the hair on her shoulder with his bill.
"Other details of the mating patterns of platypuses are mainly unknown due to their secretive, aquatic nature."
There is a higher proportion of spur wounds in males than females, which may be explained by aggressive encounters between males during mating season. (Grant and Temple-Smith, 1998; Pasitschniak-Arts and Marinelli, 1998)
ivan H
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This isn't true. A male platypus is about 40% heavier & 15% larger than a female.
I see that in a later post you corrected that they dont have sex. They definitely do mate, after a ritualistic "slow circling dance" in the water, the occurrence of which is apparently dependant on food supply.
The platypus is an extremely ancient species, fossilized remains from 110 million years ago have been found in Australian clay deposits.
Most Aussies I know have never actually seen a platypus, let alone platypi. I hadn't until approximately 25~30 yrs ago, the only ones I've seen were a couple (or few) living in the creek running through a small town on the Queensland Sunshine Coast, which I was told had been regularly seen there for several yrs.
(pic from internet) They are smaller than expected. Cheers
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OP
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You need some platypi but they might deep fry / eat the giraffe. Sneaky little buggers they are.
OP
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Yes I was being silly.
Of course platypus mate. And so do armadillos. But both could lay eggs.
Those are the only two mammals I can think of that lay eggs....
Yet another species is the screaming hairy armadillo, which is native to the Monte Desert in South America. True to its name, this armadillo emits a loud squeal whenever it is threatened. It also has more hair than most of the other species. See photo below.
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eSGEe
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naaw the Honey badger will deal with him
steveb63
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Same rotten little s.o.b.'s that never settle up for beer, did you see the look on that one you posted.
He's a smartass, you can just tell.
OP
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But yet soft and furry.
"You're cut off. No more beer."
(emits loud squeal)
"Turn that amp down."
(emits loud squeal)
the screaming hairy armadillo remains true to its name.
I had this landlord on Kauai who installed teal carpet.
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