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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Venomous? But...if not friend, why friend shaoed?????

[–] FuglyDuck 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just the males, iirc.

They have venomous spurs in their hind feet used in chasing off other males.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And their venom HURTS. They’re not particularly deadly or anything but their venom will land you in the hospital or at least laid up in bed for a while. My stepmother grew up out in the bush in NSW the ‘70s and received one of the few recorded platypus envenomations and she described it as the most painful experience of her life. She said childbirth was a breeze compared to the platypus sting!

[–] FuglyDuck 10 points 2 months ago

I guess they subscribe to the "if they're still alive, they'll tell others how much it sucked, and we'll be bothered less." theory.