Originally published at: Police seeking this idiot who captured a wild platypus and showed it off on a train | Boing Boing
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That has got to be a baby
And, at least in adults, that spur is no toy
Yeah, idiot, asshole, hope the poor baby is OK. 
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It looks like he’s all set to “find out.”
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As an American, I saw the image out of the corner of my eye and my brain tried to interpret the platypus as a gun, before I read the headline. Turns out the actual story is almost as upsetting.
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IIRC only the males have venom and the female don’t have spurs (or they are very small). So it could have been a female.
Still - don’t harass the wildlife!
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Such charges can carry a maximum penalty of 431,250 AUD (about $289,000), police added.
Doesn’t look like someone’s gonna be able to afford shopping at Big W for the time being. 
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At least it’s not a tourist… Wait, was that a tourist?
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The tourist story on the same news bulletin here in Queensland was the guy who decided it would be a good idea to sleep on a North Queensland beach and was bitten on the legs by a ‘giant’ saltwater crocodile. It only ended up with his sleeping bag. Locals interviewed for the story stated that they wouldn’t walk along the beach at night let alone have a kip there.
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idiot
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An idiot. Not a gentleman this time? 
I think the distinction is in how “Gentleman” is usually guilty of some etiquette infraction, and not simply stupidity?
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