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[–]FigTreePlanter 18 points19 points ago

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[–]tkw954 15 points16 points ago

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The platypus is mother nature's way of saying, "I made this thing out of spare parts I found on the workshop floor, and it can still fucking cripple you."

[–]jasonwilk 1 point2 points ago

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That article is brilliant. Oh Shit Run!!!

[–]faulks 3 points4 points ago

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I prefer platypups.

[–]redisant 44 points45 points ago

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PUT THEM DOWN! DON'T YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE VENOMOUS?!

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[–]ello_again 9 points10 points ago*

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Yeah but if you get Chlamydia from a koala, you deserve it, fuck-o

[–]Cheddarwurst 0 points1 point ago

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pretty much. Just like those who made it with monkeys deserve aids.

[–]MissCharmCity 8 points9 points ago

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I wasn't sure if you were kidding or not, so I did some research. Turns out, this is no joke! How does one approach that with the hospital? "A platypus stung me." Sounds absurd.

"Males are also venomous. They have sharp stingers on the heels of their rear feet and can use them to deliver a strong toxic blow to any foe."

[–]Krxe 8 points9 points ago

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these things were just thrown together with spare parts, it seems. How many venomous mammals are there even?

[–]Dezyphr 11 points12 points ago

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They're not pure mammals, they're monotremes. they lay eggs but have fur. Kinda like ALL the pokemon.

Platypus uses poison sting...

.. It's super effective.

Human was poisoned.

[–]Life_is_Life 0 points1 point ago

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Also, they have a radar-type detection system built into their bills. They can detect the electrical fields given off my muscle contractions of other animals.

Crazy stuff.

I particularly like this description of this electro-location skill.

[–]GethLegion 0 points1 point ago

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If the platypus wasn't a real animal, it'd be an awesome Pokemon.

[–]Major_Colvin 0 points1 point ago

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The only other monotreme is the echidna, also only found in Australia.

[–]unholyravenger 1 point2 points ago

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I'm pretty sure they're the only ones.

[–]gravitydefyingturtle 2 points3 points ago

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There are a few species of venomous shrews.

Link

[–]MissCharmCity -1 points0 points ago

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I think there are seven deadly mammals, but this may be the only venomous one.

[–]TheGreatNico 2 points3 points ago

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And opioid have no effect on the pain either.

[–]tinychode 2 points3 points ago

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And if I'm remembering correctly, there is a chance that the victim will never fully recover from the nerve damage caused by the toxins, and may feel that pain for years or decades. Nasty little guys.. definitely not cuddly.

[–]jesusapproves 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, they're nasty little hodgepodges.

[–]Osiris32 0 points1 point ago

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Hodgepodge was a rabbit. A drummer rabbit.

[–]nodstar22 0 points1 point ago

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Research not required if you know they're from Australia.

[–]nxtnguyen 2 points3 points ago

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I came here to say this. Platypi are highly venomous and could give an almost fatal sting through the stingers on their legs, which seemed to be really close to the holder's fingers.

[–]gravitydefyingturtle 1 point2 points ago

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Only the males.

[–]Cheddarwurst 1 point2 points ago

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There are no recorded fatalities from platypus venom. It just isn't the kind of venom that causes fatalities in larger creatures. It just hurts like eight bitches on a bitch boat, apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus_venom

[–]Samueul 0 points1 point ago

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Yep, one of the very few mammals you cannot eat.

[–]VirgiliusNix 38 points39 points ago

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I believe the correct plural is platypodes.

Now, I'm off to go cry in my dark, lonely corner.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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I googled before coming onto this thread on the assumption that platypus had a greek root and thus became platypodes or platypuses in plural. I wanted to be that guy. I wanted it so much. And you've taken it from me. I hope you're happy.

I also hate myself a little for putting that much effort into trying to correct such an obscure pluralisation on the internet

[–]VirgiliusNix 1 point2 points ago

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I'm sorry.

It's just a nerdy-guy-with-correct-plural eat nerdy-guy-with-correct-plural world.

[–]H3000 4 points5 points ago

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Pretty sure it's 'ploodyplods'.

[–]jeanthine 4 points5 points ago

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Correct term for a baby platypus is a puggle, so technically they're puggles. Say it with me now:

pugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepugglepuggle

[–]Black_Apalachi 1 point2 points ago

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Apparently it's exactly the same as a the octopus argument;

Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, the term "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect and a form of pseudo-Latin;[6] the correct Greek plural would be "platypodes".

[–]Avi3leaves 1 point2 points ago

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well technicially, in the greek the plural is platypodes like you said, but since we are speaking english i assume, the correct form is platupuses, but both would be considered correct

[–]EasyReader 0 points1 point ago

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You are correct sir. It's a fact that people who actually use the term platypodes or octopodes for that matter are what are known as "wankopodes".

[–]quv 0 points1 point ago

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I'll go with you, man. I know how to correctly pluralize "octopus."

[–]Jaraxo 4 points5 points ago

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Yes, it's Octopuses. Just like everyone else on reddit I too saw the Merriam-Webster video about this, and she clearly says that words that are taken into the English language are inflected like English words, so although Octopodes is correct, it's actually still just as, if not more correct to say Octopuses.

[–]vampyromorph 2 points3 points ago

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That's only in American English. It was from a movement in American literature during the mid-1800s to Anglicize Greek and Latin words. The rest of the English speaking world should still technically use octopodes, platypodes, etc.

[–]Jaraxo 0 points1 point ago

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I'm just going off the very video that this whole thread is discussing. Fair enough some may be right and some may be wrong, but when they're all discussing the same video, some consistency would be nice.

[–]bluenredbands 2 points3 points ago

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I came here to discuss this! Though I obviously can't speak for all experts on linguistics, I have been taught that a word will take on the native languages inflectional grammar. That is to say, in English or Spanish, one would add "-es" to create the plural, Latin would substitute the "-us" for "-i" and Greek would swap "-us" for "-ode." With the exception of certain words, such as "syllabus" and "radius," words should be pluralized according to the rules of the adopting language (in this case English), and not the adopted language (in this case Greek).

You wouldn't say vaccui (correct Latin plural), nor would you say pundite~ (an attempted correction of the correct Hindi plural). You say vacuums and pundits because these words are now English words. Thus, they follow English grammar.

TL;DR - The correct pluralization is platypuses for all native speakers of English

[–]Kuhva 0 points1 point ago

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Surely you could just use platypus as both the singular and plural?

[–]quv 0 points1 point ago

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Lord. Well, I like sounding smarter for knowing "octopodes" and why it's pluralized that way.

[–]VirgiliusNix 0 points1 point ago

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It's the same thing, they both come from the same Latin noun. And I'm a Latin/Ancient Greek student.

Need more life...

[–]radula 1 point2 points ago

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I think you mean that they come from the same Greek noun (πούς).

[–]VirgiliusNix 0 points1 point ago

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Really? I thought, seeing as most technological names (for plants, animals, insects, etc) were Latin, it would come from the Latin? Though if not, thank you for correcting me.

Also I now realise that the "And I'm a Latin/Ancient Greek student." appears as justification for what I said in the previous sentence in my last comment, that was purely an accident, it was to further explain my own lack of life...

[–]radula 2 points3 points ago

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Yep. 'Octopus' is from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktōpous) from ὀκτώ (oktō, “eight”) + πούς (pous, “foot”), and 'platypus' is from Ancient Greek πλατύπους (platypous, “flat-footed”), from πλατύς (platys, “flat”) + πούς (pous, “foot”). That's why 'octopi' and 'platypi' are "wrong". Those plurals result from the assumption that words ending in '-us' are (second declension) Latin nouns and should be pluralized by replacing that ending with '-i'.

Scientific names do often come from Latin, but they can come from Greek or other languages, too (consider Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly, and Greek for "black bellied dew lover") or Ursus arctos (the scientific name of the brown bear which combines the Latin word for bear and the Greek word for bear)). Apparently 'platypus' comes from its genus name, but I think 'octopus' entered the English language more organically.

[–]VirgiliusNix 0 points1 point ago

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Aha yeah, I just thought it was Latin and not Greek. It's interesting, though.

[–]crwcomposer 1 point2 points ago

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You are correct that scientific names usually come from Latin, but platypus and octopus are not scientific names.

The scientific names for platypus and the common octopus are Ornithorhynchus anatinus and Octopus vulgaris, respectively. You can see that both of these scientific names have Latin influence.

[–]VirgiliusNix 0 points1 point ago

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Indeed. Although I'm studying both Latin and Greek, as I said, I've really lost interest in Latin. But it's still interesting for exactly this sort of situation.

[–]FTFY_bro 0 points1 point ago

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Not the same thing.

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[–]VirgiliusNix 5 points6 points ago

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As has already been corrected in this thread - Greek, not Latin. Pedes is a Latin word.

[–]siezethecarpe 0 points1 point ago

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I'm in favor of platypusses. Just so we can say pusses and not feel dirty.

[–]Jaraxo 2 points3 points ago

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And in that same video the woman says that when words are brought into the English language they are inflected like any other word from the English language, so Octopuses and Playpuses would both be correct.

[–]dog_in_the_vent -1 points0 points ago

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Don't hate the platypi, hate the game.

[–]VirgiliusNix 3 points4 points ago

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The game, you say?

[–]dog_in_the_vent 0 points1 point ago

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FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

[–]eagle7strike 12 points13 points ago

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"Hey there you are Perry" Couldn't resist.

[–]Pawsword 0 points1 point ago

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So that's where Rick Perry's been.

[–]matthew2180 11 points12 points ago

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[–]JBLikesHeavyMetal 10 points11 points ago

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Hey look! This got reposted again!

[–]DrSham 0 points1 point ago

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Anyone who has googled "platypus" has seen this picture. Cute little bastards.

[–]DivineAna 0 points1 point ago

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The last time I saw it, the title was much better.

[–]throwaway7418 6 points7 points ago

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So is this pic posted weekly or daily?

[–]bladahdee 1 point2 points ago

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Either way, I never stop to appreciate it. Or the people who correct the grammar of the OP.

[–]Korin6 6 points7 points ago

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Just karma whoring

[–]nogswarth 2 points3 points ago

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It's spelled 'cacti'!

[–]CaptainJeff 2 points3 points ago

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Ahhh, Perry the Platypus. How uncanny to see you here.

And by uncanny, of course, I mean COMPLETELY CANNY!

[–]the_broseidon 2 points3 points ago

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oh THERE you are perry

[–]DeepRoot 0 points1 point ago

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Dang-it, beat me to it. Upvote!

[–]moghua 1 point2 points ago

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Awww!! Who's a wittle example of convergent evolution? YOU ARE! And you!

[–]HyphyMastah 1 point2 points ago

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MMMM, Pie...

[–]TheSambassador 1 point2 points ago

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Where's his hat?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Shar Peis with beaks!

[–]DjimW 1 point2 points ago

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I unsubscribed from /r/aww for a reason, thank you goodbye

[–]03Titanium 1 point2 points ago

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Mammal born from eggs.

Dragonborn!

[–]Ultra-ChronicMonstah 3 points4 points ago

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'Platypus' has Greek origins. The plural is not 'Platypi' but 'Platypodes'.

I mean awwwh!

[–]noahpoah 1 point2 points ago

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It's "platypodes", consarnit!

[–]MissCharmCity 9 points10 points ago

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"Platypuses," according to Nat Geo.

[–]jonlarge 1 point2 points ago

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so is "octopodes" the correct plural of octopus?

[–]lotictrance 6 points7 points ago

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It would be if we were speaking Greek.

Octopuses is near as anything the 'proper' plural.

Also, the actual term for baby platypuses would be "puggles".

[–]raduannassar 2 points3 points ago

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yes, since it's a greek, not a latin root.

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[–]Jaraxo -2 points-1 points ago

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RAGE at this argument and this whole thread. I swear no one else watched the same video. She says that when words are brought into the English language they are inflected like any other English word, so the plural of Octopus is Octopuses, and only Octopodes if you want to sound like a douche. Octopi is simply wrong.

[–]christianjb 0 points1 point ago

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Somehow, I bet she didn't say that you should say Octopodes 'only if you want to sound like a douche'.

[–]Jaraxo 1 point2 points ago

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It was more along the lines of if you're going to use Octopodes be prepared to explain what you mean, as Octopuses is perfectly fine in the English language.

[–]MsAnnThrope 0 points1 point ago

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Well fuck me, those are pretty cute.

[–]foolishsnails 0 points1 point ago

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Dear ted, I just came here to say I like your platypi. they're really wrinkly. I hope you are good. love, foolishsnails

[–]quv 0 points1 point ago

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They're so fat and squishy-looking!

[–]crackrock_dude 0 points1 point ago

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WATCH OUT FOR THE POISONOUS BARBS

[–]palmerc 0 points1 point ago

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Don't get stung

[–]jigby61 0 points1 point ago

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dooby dooby doo wa dooby dooby doo wa dooby dooby doo wa A GENT P!!!!

[–]megustatortugaz 0 points1 point ago

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I want.

[–]theplatypusmaster 0 points1 point ago

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My favorite animal!!!

[–]theplatypusmaster 0 points1 point ago

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They even lay eggs!!!

[–]jeanthine 0 points1 point ago

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So this is where karma comes from

[–]roheto 0 points1 point ago

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The plural of platypus is platypuses it is not platypi because platypus isn't based on an english word it is the same reason why the plural of moose isn't meese but mooses.

[–]royeflame 0 points1 point ago

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Jesus not this again.

[–]WaywardSpaniard 0 points1 point ago

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Downvote for "just..."

[–]dbbo 0 points1 point ago

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Pseudolatin FTW. (Last I checked, platypus didn't appear as a second declension masculine noun in my dictionary.)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Are platypi aggressive in the wild?

[–]DoubleHawk4Life 0 points1 point ago

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This has been posted a thousand times, and I am totally OK with it :3.

[–]Jokell 0 points1 point ago

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sigh. I posted this same link not to long ago.....

[–]katpetblue 0 points1 point ago

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They are soo sweet... But definitely not gonna eat them..

[–]pookiemccool 0 points1 point ago

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they look so cute and harmless!

[–]Cheddarwurst 0 points1 point ago

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[–]Ecto_1 0 points1 point ago

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What's that? Looks like two baby sharpei's to me.

[–]ReneG8 0 points1 point ago

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Platypusses btw.

[–]Moose21 0 points1 point ago

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i'm glad i live in Australia

[–]geology_rocks 0 points1 point ago

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1 fish - 8 fish;

1 sheep - 8 sheep;

1 platypus - 8 platypus.

From Wiki, "There is no universally agreed plural of "platypus" in the English language. Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus"."

[–]1corvidae1 0 points1 point ago*

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but if we follow latin, then would it be correct? if in the case of it being female, will it be platypa?

EDIT----

From Wiki, the correct Greek plural would be "platypodes"

[–]WheatBrad 0 points1 point ago

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those are some cute little dudes but jesus titty fucking christ how many times are people going to post 'em?

[–]Endlesswinter77 0 points1 point ago

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those would make some nice mittens!

[–]car82389 0 points1 point ago

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[–]hoopingalpaca 0 points1 point ago

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Agent p's

[–]Cheddarwurst 0 points1 point ago

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They are much less endearing when you find out that the males are venomous and the pain from a sting can cause hyperalgesia that can last for months.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Adorable...

[–]daole 0 points1 point ago

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Platopedes

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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PLATYPUSSIES

[–]generalguyz -1 points0 points ago

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[–]generalguyz 0 points1 point ago

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followed by this

[–]theplatypusmaster -1 points0 points ago

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Platypi or platypuses are both correct