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[โ€“] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this true? Can someone confirm? I wouldn't like to grab a platypus this way only to find out it was a troll and get spurred.

[โ€“] hansolo@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago

Kind of confirmed! Might only apply to wild ones or pissed off males - anything else I can find on YT is both from this same woman, and a full on love-fest with them like some sort of goofy water puppykittyducky.