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And to top it off, they're venomous. Yup, male platypi have venomous spurs on their feet, and while not lethal to humans, the cocktail of venom will usually incapacitate people, and can cause you to be in excruciating, incapacitating pain that can develop into a persistent ache for weeks or months. So it won't kill you, it'll just make you wish it had.
So, in short, it's easy to see how humans can become so interested in this goofy-looking creature. Odd appearance, cool features, and the ability to cripple you if you get stupid. What better metaphor for [[Land Down Under|Australia]]? And it's an [[Inherently Funny Words|Inherently Funny Word]]. And they [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=innjUqxG6Aw swim weirdly]. Also, baby playtpi are called "puggles," which is quite possibly the cutest word ever invented, and have been called so since before pugs were crossed with beagles to make the dog breed of the same name (Note: This isn't the ''official'' name for a baby platypus, just the most commonly used one. Another just-as-adorable name is "Platypup".).
All good things must come to an end, however. This is slowly becoming a [[Discredited Trope]], because it's gotten so that the platypus has become too popular to be considered "obscure" anymore. When a show is supposed to start including a "weird animal" in its cast, expect it to be a platypus.
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