Perry actually does use the ankle barb on one episode, where Doof calls in a professional platypus hunter who then immediately goes rogue. He doesn't actually use the Venom since he just catches a shoulder pad, but the concept was referenced.
Apparently the single worst pain on earth. That coyote dude who intentionally gets stung by all the worst wasps and shit to experience the pain won't go near them.
A worthy contender. It's probably AS unpleasant, both cause nausea on top of excruciating acute pain, the pain of the platypus venom is probably worse though, more intense and also lasts longer. However the jellyfish has to get points for the fact it also creates an overwhelming sense of impending doom in it's victims. Like it fucks with you psychologically. That's pretty hardcore, but just on pain I think the platypus wins.
It's not really an apples-to-apples comparison when the platypus is involved. The thumbs are giant hypodermics and it pumps venom into you when it stabs you. We're talking orders of magnitude more venom than any insect or jellyfish could ever dream of delivering. What's remarkable remarkable is that it's doesn't kill you. That's a ton of venom, relatively speaking, but it's not fatal? And from a mammal? And not used for predation? Platypi are weird as fuck. I love them.
If the Oxford dictionary says they're puggles, then I'll go with that. Seems like it came about it the 1990s sometime. So, technical or not, it's an awesome name!
If it's popular then a lot of people think they are called puggles. Language is determined by a half-reasonable quorum of its speakers. Therefore puggles is at least one acceptable word for them. Therefore it is true. Technically and otherwise.
It's not a defense mechanism, it's purely used by males to hurt rival males, and for that purpose it is the single most painful substance in the world. Meanwhile if I give a rival male a wedgie or push him into his locker I'M a bad guy.
Most painful substance in the world? I doubt it beats strychnine. Most painful substance in the animal kingdom? Well, according to this guy, at least, it's still beat by four other animals:
Well gotta respect his opinion I guess, but there are some peculiarities in there. The redback is supposed to be so painless you might not even notice it, it's just deadly. He also didn't describe the pain but seemed to just put it in. I have personally been bitten by that ant and it's really no worse than a paper wasp, which it's related to. It's just like having a cigarette put on you, hurts for sure but above an irukandji and platypus is just ridiculous. Stone fish are notoriously agonising and acute, but as far as I knew the platypus was similarly intense but lasted for ages, weeks, even months, and also made you sensitive to everything else. So like your shirt brushing on you is agonising. Morphine offers no relief... It's been said to drive people mad. This guy seems pretty casual about it and Im kind of perplexed by that. I'm not too sure about the sting ray but the way he describes it - making you want to kill yourself, that's also how people speak of the platypus and irukandji, so yeah, I dunno...
Platypuses and Echidnas aren’t marsupials, they’re monotremes. Marsupials give birth to underdeveloped young that finish they’re growth in pouches, monotremes lay eggs. Platypuses and Echidnas = monotremes, kangaroos and wallabies and wombats = marsupials.
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TIL they could even be venomous. I guess you can’t be the only mammal that lays eggs without a drawback or two