like a calm Tasmanian Devil
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" It is known from a single tooth found at the Miocene-aged Two Tree Site fossil beds in Riversleigh in Queensland, Australia"
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Platyprecious.
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Is that yet another Dune joke?
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Control yourself, platypus… liking… person.
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I want them now.
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“… known from a single tooth…”
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Wait for my bro’, Baron-baby!
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My avatar has something to say about that.
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And their excremental boluses are the size of Volkswagen Beetles.
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Earth after the Apocalypse.
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“do not bounce”
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Okay. Let’s get you started:
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“Platypuses let their back legs dangle—even though they, too, are webbed—and propel themselves entirely with the front feet, steering with the tail.”
That’s interesting: Perhaps there’s some hydrodynamic reason for this; the loss of propulsion efficiency from the rear legs if they have to thrash through the oncoming turbulence created by the trashing forelimbs?
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THX!
So less drag due to use of only forelimbs for thrust (resulting in perhaps close to laminar flow along the body aft of the forelimbs) … like penguins! And less work involved.
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Bonus points for Metal Gear reference.
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