Ima make a thread abt this im curious https://twitter.com/heftycock/status/1248905443612610560

BRO THIS SHIT IS FUCKING WILD WAIT A MINUTE

okay so first of all platypuses are mammals that reside in Australia (mostly eastern australia) and are active from dusk till dawn and where they go extended blink mode in stream banks. They're usually very shy and mostly eat smaller critters but sometimes eat a frog or sum shit

so when in the water all of the senses in a platypuses shut off but it has these special type of receptors that turn on while hunting that allows them to navigate perfectly without need of the senses. Those electroreceptors detect muscle movement in animals that it hunts 2/?

they mostly live very lonely lives and reside in freshwater. some do go in salt water but their electroreceptors do not work in salt water. also correction they dont go extended blink mode they are actually hella energetic and just reside in the stream banks i mentioned 3/?

Make platypuses have this spike shit on the back of their ankle that have venom and itll fuckin HURT if it goes through ur skin. Also the outside of a bill is like a smooth skin thing. Adults dont have teeth but super hardened gums. 4/?

Little is known of platypuses in the wild but those in captivity have show that platypus mating is interesting. So the men will not interact with women until around the age of 4. And then the males get really aggressive and fight other males over a female platypus 5/?

The men after mating do not help in the process of raising their kids deadbeat ass animal. The women create burrows for where they will put their eggs (also their eggs are described as leathery???). Incubation lasts 6-10 days. Then the babies feed off the mother for 4 months 6/?

They go off on their own and mature at around 12-18 months. The lifespan of a platypus is pretty long for a mammal in the wild with some cases of being over 20 years. And thats all the shit i cared enough to put in this thread ty. 7/7