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[–] 8_billion_eaters 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

In 1799, the British Academy of Science didn't classify it as a species, believing the sample brought from Australia was a hoax.

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[–] Alias_Unknown [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

That doesn't surprise me in the least.

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[–] 8_billion_eaters 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Picture a Zoologist in 1799 being given the dried out carcass of a platypus. The first words out of his mouth must have been, "Fuck off, mate."

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[–] 8_billion_eaters 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

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[–] Dereliction 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Pretty sure Soros is behind the platypus. It is poisonous, after all.