The platypus also symbolizes a sense of humor with how the universe is run. These animals are one of a kind, after all, and the weirdest mammals found anywhere, so it’s easy to understand our fascination with them. Platypus tattoos tell the world that there’s nothing wrong with being different and that, in fact, it is actually much more interesting than being cut from the same cloth as everyone else on the planet. It’s odd appearance and combination of many seemingly out-of-place traits makes this animal a symbol of the underdog personality who is not afraid to be themselves completely. After all, once you’ve seen a poison-carrying, web-footed mix between a beaver and a duck, it’s not something that you would soon forget and we imagine some explorers got these tattooed just to tell the story. While we can’t say when the first platypus tattoos started popping up, we imagine that it was very long ago indeed. They are actually part of a very ancient animal species known as ‘monotremes’ and this is pretty rare, which is why you only find them in Australia. They lay eggs for their young, for instance, but they also nurse them with milk, too. These little creatures are definitely weird and amazing and likely the strangest mammals on the planet. It’s a lovely story, but even just from a scientific perspective these are ‘odd little ducks’ indeed. Aborigines have many names for the platypus, such as ‘tambreet’, ‘boondaburra’, and ‘mallingong’, and the fact that they are so well-known in Aboriginal culture is pretty important from a historical perspective – as Aboriginal culture dates back a solid 60,000 years!Īccording to their lore, the Platypus was the result of a forbidden love, when a water rat who was apparently quite the charmer seduced a female duck and the first platypus was born.
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