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The mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was finally solved

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglzl1ez283o

43•benbreen•2d ago

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pimlottc•3h ago

Worth reading just for the discovery of the word “platypusary”

OisinMoran•3h ago

I'm an even bigger fan of "platypups"!

raverbashing•3h ago

Also "platypus attendant"

But in the end the cause of death didn't bring me any comfort

gjsman-1000•3h ago

A platypus? Winston the platypus?

comrade1234•3h ago

"platypusary"

-note to self, do a google image search when I'm no longer at work for "platypusary".

throw4747935•2h ago

The lede is buried, tl;dr: During WWII, a platypus named Winston Churchill was shipped from Australia to the UK (on behalf of its namesake). On the last leg of the journey, after the panama canal, the platypus nursery got too hot (above 27 degrees Celsius) and the platypus died.

oliyoung•1h ago

That is a series of words I never thought I'd see together

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The mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was finally solved

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglzl1ez283o

43•benbreen•2d ago•7 comments

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