![]() ![]() "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.Did you know that a group of platypuses is called a paddle, and baby platypuses are called puggles? Puggles are so adorable and platypuses are kind of cute too. These machines have gone up to the next level Japanese Arcades: Gundam Pods & Other Guilty Pleasures ![]() Short Fiction Reviews: Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" (with pics)Ī thrilling blend of art, myths and technology (Laughs) Thank you for sharing.ĭon't miss: The Ultimate Guide to NEW SF&F Writers!įiction Reviews: Classic Cyberpunk: Extreme Fiction Hi, very nice photos of a baby Echidna and Platypus. :) These guys are great, you've got to be careful with their delicate skin, but they really love to be held! _ Anonymous said. just look at the bottom of this page :) _ Unknown said.Īctually, the baby platypi are called puggles - it's the term for monotreme babies, not just echidnas. _ Anonymous said.Īt least now I know where comes the inspiration for the BM in the manga Bio-meat Nectar. There is now video of me feeding my latest echidna at den _ transitenator said. These babies look like some new character in Homestar Runner. Puggle dogs are, I'd say a damn sight more popular. Puggle? That's what you'd call a beagle/pug cross. Platypus cuteness ends with childhood: The male platypus has venom (on a small spur on the backside of his hind legs) that is strong enough to kill a small dog, and very painful for humans.Īlso Read: Anteater Coolness, Newborn Pandas and Newborn Hedgehogs! "When the Platypus lays eggs it is thought that she incubates them by resting them on her stomach and curling her tail over them." Platypus babies are not called "puggle", but they gotta have a cute name, so some suggest a name "platypup". A crazy concoction of bird parts (the bill), reptile internal organs, that is actually a mammal, swimming underwater for 10 minutes at a time. Platypus is so weird looking, that it was considered a fraud when first discovered (somebody must've stuck a duck bill to a beaver's body). "Happiness is a well fed puggle", says Den: (photos by Den Whitton, more images in this set) ![]() You can see the needles starting to grow: Here's an orphaned 30 days old echidna, without fur and spines yet: Their eggs are incubated in a pouch, and the mother carries the baby until it starts to grow spines. Just like porcupines and hedgehogs they curl into a ball when disturbed or frightened. Echidnas and the Platypus are the only egg-laying mammals, so all this cuteness (ugliness) actually hatched out of an egg: imagine this cute snout poking out of the shell.Įchidnas (or "spiny anteaters") are toothless - they break open the termite nests and ants get stuck to their long sticky tongues. (baby echidna, photos by Den Whitton, on the bottom right: grown echidna, source: AP Photo/Dan Peled)īaby echidna is called a "puggle" (puggle-licious!). and some say the ugliest! You can make up your mind here, after seeing this wonderful series of images (by an exclusive permission of Australian photographer Den Whitton).ĭen thinks "it's unfair that the platypus gets all the fame when the echidna is just as weird, and even less understood. Platypus and echidna babies are considered to be the cutest. Send us your topic ideas, suggestions, etc. ![]()
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