puppygirl1213   
Jul 23, 2005
| I never knew that about the platypus.  |
safire2191
Jul 23, 2005
| I'm confused....is the venom lethal or not? |
Tiggr
Jul 23, 2005
| As soon as I saw the hint...that gave it away.  |
lycanthrope
Jul 23, 2005
| I've a friend in Australia so this one was easy for me, but still an excellent teaser!  |
froggygg
Jul 23, 2005
| Good teaser. They are the strangest looking animal with a duck bill and a beaver tail! Don't think I would want one as a pet!
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chidam11
Jul 24, 2005
| Nice one!I did not know that Duckbill Platapus was poisonous. |
TsunamiSurfer 
Jul 24, 2005
| Hi:
I did not get the answer. After this comment I am going to look for the meaning of the mammal in my dictionary. So I can find out what the talk is about. Nice, isn`t It? quack - quack |
me-me
Jul 24, 2005
| it was kinda hard! after the hint i guessed  and i got it rite !  godd one and educational |
krabcat
Jul 29, 2005
| it was obvous poisonous mamal but if u wanted to make it alitle easer you could have aded egs in thair becuse its 1 of i think 2 mamals that lays eggs
P.S. this made me feel smrt becuse i knew it whithout thinking |
loveshellylove
Jul 31, 2005
| I guessed it right away. The Platypus has poisenous barbs behind it's back? legs. Good one though I like a platypus!!! |
hellokitty593
Aug 01, 2005
| This was a good teaser, although I read about the platypus in a book, so it was kinda easy. Great Job though! |
Ozymandias
Aug 29, 2005
| I never would have known! Good one! |
smarty_blondy
Sep 24, 2005
| Good teaser and good job! |
greywolf
Oct 16, 2005
| It was easy because its the only poisonous mammal in Australia but it is not the only poisonous mammal. look up the short tailed shrew right here in North America |
brainster
Oct 19, 2005
| Wow I did not know that ! Good one ! |
(user deleted)
Oct 22, 2005
| That was the first teaser I got.
I still needed the hint though. 
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Brainy_1
Aug 27, 2006
| I saw this on Animal Planet and was totally amazed!! That's why this came really easy for me. Great teaser and into my faves!!  |
Stormcrafter
Oct 30, 2006
| Krabcat - yeah, the platypus and the echidna are the last of a kind of egg-laying mammal :-\
They didn't believe that the platypus was a real animal when it was first discovered, it was believed to be a hoax hehe.
I learned about them a long time ago now, when we were studying indigenous creatures in school once, but I learnt about the spurs in a documentary.
I live in Australia myself, and have only ever seen them twice off of television - so that kind of figures  |
Stormcrafter
Oct 30, 2006
| Oh, hang on - darn it, I need to look at the dates on comments  |
leftclick
Sep 01, 2007
| Good one, easy for an Aussie |
quinnoth
Sep 01, 2007
| I got that straight away, being an Aussie myself.
The thing that isn't right about this teaser is that fact that no-one could possibly get anywhere near a platypus.
As soon as they hear you they hide. The only way to get near one is to be completely silent, or look at one in a zoo.
But nevertheless, it was a good teaser! |
AshlynSedai
Sep 01, 2007
| I used to be obsessed with these critters, so I did know it, but it was a clever brain teaser =) |
elephuntus
Sep 01, 2007
| That was easy, though i suppose it could be difficult if one didnt reside in Australia. It was blatantly obvious that it was a platypus. By the way, the babies are called puggles, and are very cute. actually, both echidna (a spiny anteater) and platypus young, are known as puggles. what a cute name..... the young are cute, but are hard to breed in captivity, or so i am lead to believe... oh, and also, the correct name is platypus, not duck-billed platypus, what an insult to australian culture, and the platypus itself. It has nothing at all to do with ducks. duh. they are completely different class... (in classification, i mean) |
4princesses
Sep 01, 2007
| The hint totally gave it away. As for the previous comment, I've always heard they were called duck-billed platypus, not because it's related to a duck, but because it's bill is like a duck. |
doehead 
Sep 01, 2007
| Knew this one from my many hours of reading. |
dcsprouse001
Sep 01, 2007
| cool! i never knew that about a platapus! |
rimfire
Sep 01, 2007
|  a venumous puss.lol lol lol |
bradon182001
Sep 01, 2007
| Having lived all my life in the United States (with an occasional day trip to Canada) I had no clue. This trivia teaser was very educational for me. Not every day I can say "I learned something new today." Thanks.  |
wordmama
Sep 01, 2007
| Learned something! Thanks! |
sevy694
Sep 01, 2007
| cool...i didnt realize they were poisonous...i thought it was a porcupine or something like that
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clarinet1293
Sep 01, 2007
| I never knew they were poisonous!
Great teaser! |
lazy-boy
Sep 01, 2007
| This is a good teaser. I would like to see more like this. Its very informative. |
lastlyboo
Sep 01, 2007
| i thot it was a bee... good teaser! i have NO wonderings on how THIS teaser made it to teaser of the day! |
fredhornaday
Sep 01, 2007
| I was trying to picture a kind of mammal with a bee stinger sticking out its rear! LOL! Didn't know that about the platypus! are the spores like porcupine quills? |
phyllisa
Sep 01, 2007
| Goood one, I learned a new fact! |
sugarbear60
Sep 01, 2007
| GOOD ONE, THEY SAY YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY, WELL THAT'S ONE FOR TODAY! |
2ndhandrose
Sep 01, 2007
| I got that they were in Australia.
Then looked at the hint & got it.
Did not know they could sting, that's why I needed the hint
I learned something new too. |
auntiesis
Sep 01, 2007
| I think a lot of us learned a new fact today, and I for one, am always happy to learn something new. This was very interesting, and the comments added even more to my store of trivial knowledge. Thank you and give us some more. |
mondayschild59
Sep 01, 2007
| There is a difference between venomous and poisonous. Snakes and bees, spiders, and jellyfish are all venomous. Poisonous is like mushrooms , arsenic, cyanide and other drugs or plant stuffs.
I didn't know the answer because I didn't know the platypus lived in Australia. Go figure. Thanks for the teaser, it was very good.
Monday~ |
rosekranskids
Sep 01, 2007
| I learned something new today! (as always!!) |
Misa 
Sep 01, 2007
| I didn't know that they were harmless either!! |
chickwithbrains
Sep 01, 2007
| I LOVE platypuses/platypi (not sure of the proper pluralization there lol)!!! They look so funny when they try to run! |
jodymonster
Sep 01, 2007
| I think platypi are marsupials, not mammals. Look it up. I think they lay eggs too, but don't quote me on that one. God smoked a little to much the day he invented them. |
nerdyiscool
Sep 01, 2007
| Marsupials are a variation (is that the right word? I'm not sure) of mammal. Nice riddle |
breathesunshine
Sep 01, 2007
| Got it with the hint. |
jabdr
Sep 02, 2007
| Love all the comments!! It's one of the best parts of the site. Also learn some things Good job |
Chellie1911
Sep 02, 2007
| good one - i never knew about the duck-filled platypus - i learn something new every day |
Nkeen
Sep 04, 2007
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrew |
lmurray
Sep 10, 2007
| HE TEASER WAS OBVIOUSLY A HIT WITH MANY.
I AM QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE ANIMAL.
SO IT WAS EASY.
IS THE CATEGORY CORRECT? TRIVIA HARDLY SEEMS RIGHT, BUT I'VE BEEN WRONG BEFORE (I think) |
gaylewolf
Sep 04, 2010
| Interesting teaser! thanks!
I learned some new facts, too! |
patiencewithaP
Sep 04, 2010
| Got it...after I read the hint! |
dodger
Sep 04, 2010
| This is a great platypus fable
http://www.scribd.com/doc/22299599/Platypus |
Frada
Sep 04, 2010
| Being a loyal Australian, that was a synch. |
