As a platypus lays eggs and produces milk, it’s the only animal that can make its own custard.
And echidnas.
I’m not sure if I’m and echidna custard or platypus custard kind of person.
DM me your card details and I’ll send you a couple of pints from my platypus farm.
Also well known for foiling evil plots while wearing a fedora.
No stomach? Hadn’t heard that one before
Bizarre beasts episode on this:
Stomachs aren’t necessary… You can jump straight to the large intestine. Even humans can survive like that
Obviously, they’re useful. It’s another stage of digestion, which means more energy and nutrients are extracted from your food. It widens your viable food sources, just like chewing does
They also don’t have nipples (though do have mammary glands) and mother platypuses basically sweat milk through their skin for the pups to collect off their fur
The milk pools in grooves on the mother’s abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up.
Evolution was all like: Ok, so which mutations would you like to advance? The venomous thing? The aquatic thing? The electrocuting enemies thing? The no stomach hack? The “Fun at parties” hack?
Platypus: Yes.
An excellent example of spending your points all over the place and somehow ending up with an actually pretty broken build.
Platypus have been around for over 110 million years. Nothing broken about that build!
“broken build” here likely refers to the phrase as defined by gamers to function as synonymous to “overpowered”.
As in, “the build is so broken you can’t/it is difficult to play against it”. This phraseology could be used by either an ally or an enemy, but it contextually changes connotation from positive for allies to negative for enemies.
Build is often used as a shorthand for a character’s combination of items, skills, and levels (as the various games define it).
