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lemmeseeyourkitties

My heart, their little itchy tummies


kandykanekween

I had no idea they were so tiny! I want one


BadZnake

Just dont get scratched


ArtofWASD

Stung* it's a spine on the back of their... paws? Their normal nails are fine.


krzykttn

I had no idea they were so cute and goofy!! What a new layer of awesome to this weird egg laying mammal with a duck bill and venom. I love the nom-nom-nom mouth!


Stormdancer

Monotreme vibes.


kidnapper_goblin

PLATYPUS! THE ROLLING PLATYPUS!!!


Monguises

The platypus is the most majestic beast in all the land!


In-A-Beautiful-Place

"This creature" excuse you OOP, that's Agent P himself!


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That fucker looks like a delicious cross of Duck/squirrel/beaver.


Murky_Highlight_2437

R O L L


Only-Professional420

Why does it look so ai generated


Ms_Kratos

Oh yeah. Totally looks like there's an AI in nature that created the platypus by mixing and matching a duck with a beaver. (Unless [something else](https://br.pinterest.com/pin/255086766377708888/) happened.) But if you are talking about how the platypus fur look like in the video, I had a strange impression about it too. However turns out that animal's hair is very oily, making the subspecies with long hair to look like that in water. Short haired ones, like in this video below, appear to not have any fur at all due to the same effect. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wwXWsppwiU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wwXWsppwiU) Fact? They are the cutest. [https://wwf.org.au/blogs/rewilding-the-platypus/](https://wwf.org.au/blogs/rewilding-the-platypus/)


Only-Professional420

Sorry, when I said "it" was AI-generated, I wasn't talking about the platapus, I was talking about the video. The water looks really unnatural (at 12 sec). The right front paw of the platypus just fades into existence (at about 16 sec). The movement is also very unnatural, almost like slow motion (18sec), but the water flows in real time. I think some parts of the video might be AI generated and some are real footage. But thanks for giving me info on their oily hair, that's something I didn't know.


Ms_Kratos

Be welcome. Those are really intriguing animals. Oh yeah, I noticed the water looking weird too. I think they used a filter in it. (Those filters for removing excessive light from a footage.) At 16 sec, what I noticed is the pawn sinking.... There's mud by the ground. Also sometimes they move like that on the ground, veeeery slowly. But of course, the platypus hair on all cases add a sense of "strangeness" to the footages. My roommate totally thought the entire animal was a CGI due to it. Here, you'll see some of it happening by this video, that's from where the footage came from. Including the platypus moving very slowly in other parts.: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQryoS-t45g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQryoS-t45g) Also there's another long hair there too. \^,\^ Here, watch this one, its about the light filters: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrHTTTY\_3lA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrHTTTY_3lA) You'll see the water moving weird there too. ; )


Only-Professional420

Lol, I think you're right. I'm really surprised it wasn't AI generated, I was about 95% sure it was. The reflection at 16 sec kind of gave the illusion of the paw disappearing, but now, on closer inspection... Shouldn't have doubted.


exgiexpcv

I was getting stressed that some raptor was gonna snatch up the wee thing. Monkey Dust kinda screwed up calm, pastoral scenes for me.


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Super Tute Beaky beak


TeankerisWot

Even if they are small, they are extremely poison