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Ian David

(69,059 posts) Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:18 PM Jun 2012

What could be better than a single baby platypus? Well, I'll tell you:

https://twitter.com/EmergencyPuppy/status/218073141468073984/photo/1

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What could be better than a single baby platypus? Well, I'll tell you: (Original Post) Ian David Jun 2012 OP

OH! Too bad they don't make good pets. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #1

They do. And some nasty spines on their back legs to inject the venom. hifiguy Jun 2012 #2

I want a Capybara. Ian David Jun 2012 #3

I doubt it. They can be nasty. We've got a cottontail who is almost six... HopeHoops Jun 2012 #4

That sounds like the most interesting rabbit in the world. n/t Ian David Jun 2012 #5

He is. He's ejaculated and had periods (bloody mess). Vet confirmed the condition. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #6

Baitball Blogger

(46,697 posts)

1. OH! Too bad they don't make good pets.

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:19 PM

Jun 2012

Don't they have poisonous glands in their back claws?

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

2. They do. And some nasty spines on their back legs to inject the venom.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:21 PM

Jun 2012

Definitely not pet material.

Ian David

(69,059 posts)

3. I want a Capybara.

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:25 PM

Jun 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

4. I doubt it. They can be nasty. We've got a cottontail who is almost six...

Reply to Ian David (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:33 PM

Jun 2012

... and he's FINALLY at a point where I don't get slashed all to hell when I cuddle him. He does purr. I didn't know rabbits purred until he joined our family. Well, he/she - penis and two vaginas and I'm not shitting you. We call him "he".

Ian David

(69,059 posts)

5. That sounds like the most interesting rabbit in the world. n/t

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:37 PM

Jun 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

6. He is. He's ejaculated and had periods (bloody mess). Vet confirmed the condition.

Reply to Ian David (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:02 PM

Jun 2012

Yes, he's a hermaphrodite. Usually the organs are stacked, but his are linear - vagina on either side of the penis. It brings a whole new meaning to "go fuck yourself". So far he hasn't gotten himself pregnant. His face is smushed in (compared to his siblings) and he has no fear of humans, dogs, cats, or anything else. FORTUNATELY, the one instinct he DOES have is to groom himself.

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