@jettaracer94 They do, well the males do. Males and Females both have sharp spurs very well hidden behind their back feet, however the males are the only ones that actually have the venom gland.
Unfortunately there is clearly something wrong with this platypus, usually they're very shy in the wild. I remember stalking them as a kid, sitting in my boat in a big, still part of the river at dusk. We'd stay perfectly quiet and still, and we'd see the platypus eventually. If you started making noise or even just moving, they would disappear for 5 minutes. So this little guy has a problem, I'm sad to say. He just bumped into two potential predators on land and didn't miss a beat.
Although powerful enough to kill smaller animals such as dogs, the venom is not lethal to humans, but is so excruciating that the victim may be incapacitated. Oedema rapidly develops around the wound and gradually spreads throughout the affected limb. Information obtained from case histories and anecdotal evidence indicates that the pain develops into a long-lasting hyperalgesia (a heightened sensitivity to pain) that persists for days or even months.
No lets get this straight. If there were 20 platypus swimming, its still platypus. Doesnt matter what you have heard. I am friends with Australia's formost expert in these matters.
Noway you guys are so lucky. I am from Sydney and regually go to a place to watch platypus and see many of them all day long. There is noway I could get this close to the ones where I go. No I wont be telling where I go.
DUDE DONT U KNOW!?! platypuses have poisenese claws in there hind legs and if u did one little thing to bother it, u would probably be dead xD good thing you didnt move...
Platypus' are poisonous mammals. They have a claw located beneath their webbed feed. It's more common in males [hence why you should ALWAYS hold a platypus by the tail when picking it up, not like a dog].
Eh, that usually only happens in the mating season when the males are all lucking for a fight followed by a chick to screw. Also i dont think the babies have venom developed at that age.
aww no fair you got to touch it!! i love them they're soo cute!! i want one!! but my fav animal is the tiger..and i love tigers more..they are soo much cuter!! but i still love the platypus!! XD
The female platypus is not venomous. I am not sure if that's a female or not, but however the male is venomous. if it where a male they should be very careful.
I have a female in captivity is nevertheless Ahun speaking like a baby attacked me with their venom leei recently that the poison disappears in all adult females to make me wonder if the pattern looks like an aquarium sell their habit
I know my friend is opsessed with playtypus so much than he gets called a playtpus nerd. But he is really carefull about that he says and he knows almost everything about them.
I couldn't contain myself if I were you. I would start screaming and squealing because of the horribly emmense ammount of cuteness radiating about the creature.
You're very brave to let it get so close, if it was male it could easily kill you or put you in excrutiating pain if it felt threatened by you. Bloody cute-looking venomous mammals!
well that is true that Wikipeidia is VERY unreliable but BrambleStar1323 is correct Platypus are in fact poisinous they have spurs on their back legs that secret poisin. they also found the DNA in platypus to be mammal, bird, and reptile. all three it has common DNA. very interesting ^-^
my dream goal is to be a true american gladiator, find an original copy of my neighbor totoro, and to serve side by side with captain kirk to wipe out klingons
lucky you didn't get stung
housemeisterB 3 weeks ago
CURSE YOU PERRY DA PLATYPUS!!!
megaexplosions 1 month ago
This is the most awesome animal in the world!
getsomebitch1000 1 month ago
Sloths are ugly these <3 <3 <3
LoganNZL 2 months ago
There you are Perry ! :D
Thecrowingz 2 months ago
ah, the majestic Platypus.
MarieFace 3 months ago
How did you know it was a baby male?
verticalsmurf 5 months ago
Aww How Cute :)
ZoeGriiffiths 6 months ago
I WANT TO BE A PLATYPUS!!!!111 THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!111!1!!!11oneone!!11111
MrMaxlurifax 6 months ago
I thought they were poisonous ... dont they have a venom gland?
jettaracer94 7 months ago
@jettaracer94 They do, well the males do. Males and Females both have sharp spurs very well hidden behind their back feet, however the males are the only ones that actually have the venom gland.
DRC4ever 6 months ago
this is hte reason i want to visit australia! who cares about kangaroos and koalas
TheAliceinFinland 7 months ago
wow !
MrBunney 7 months ago
imma name him Perry the platypus!
mariajudith100 7 months ago
A WILD PLATA.. PLATYI.... PLATLP.... Thing appeared.
Alexgt20 7 months ago
thumbs up if every video you see mentions perry. lol
TallestRed342 8 months ago
they know a male platypus has poison,right?
MsMariosonic 8 months ago
2 people tought it was perry
MsMariosonic 8 months ago
Unfortunately there is clearly something wrong with this platypus, usually they're very shy in the wild. I remember stalking them as a kid, sitting in my boat in a big, still part of the river at dusk. We'd stay perfectly quiet and still, and we'd see the platypus eventually. If you started making noise or even just moving, they would disappear for 5 minutes. So this little guy has a problem, I'm sad to say. He just bumped into two potential predators on land and didn't miss a beat.
tosgem 9 months ago
i wanna hug it
Joseapari 9 months ago
Oh my God how cute is he?!?! AWESOME!
XantinovaX 10 months ago
awwwwwwwww .w.
M1ch3ll3109 10 months ago
you are one dumb motherf--ker. You do realize, of course, that platypus are venomous? dumbass.
kingfinkian 11 months ago
@kingfinkian ONLY ADULT male platypuses have venomous abilities, and this, i hope, is not one of those. This is a baby
cruzem96 11 months ago
so lucky and that platypus is so cute!!!
TheYogiyo 11 months ago
where was that!
Gamelunatic1992 11 months ago
peeerryyyyyyyyy perry the platypuuuus!
cakequeen97 1 year ago
Wow, you are lucky that platter didint point the business end of his barb at you! Still, really good video, really cute otter-duck-thing.
LynxenX 1 year ago
great video your very lucky!
elyknave 1 year ago
HOLY SHIT FINALLY A VIDEO AND NOT A FUCKING PICTURE SLIDESHOW.
bcgabriot 1 year ago 13
THOSE ARE MY LEGS IN THE VIDEO HE WAS SO CUTE.
x0babiejennz 1 year ago
Lucky U! Really great video! I loved it, good work respecting it ;)
EvilLate3 1 year ago
Lucky U! Really great video! I loved it, good work ;)
EvilLate3 1 year ago
They Are Preeetttyyy. You're luckkky
ninameebas 1 year ago
they have poisioned claws
TheMiloRecords 1 year ago
you lucky you didn't get killed. It could easisly do it
gangbanger222 1 year ago
Although powerful enough to kill smaller animals such as dogs, the venom is not lethal to humans, but is so excruciating that the victim may be incapacitated. Oedema rapidly develops around the wound and gradually spreads throughout the affected limb. Information obtained from case histories and anecdotal evidence indicates that the pain develops into a long-lasting hyperalgesia (a heightened sensitivity to pain) that persists for days or even months.
themountaindewd 1 year ago
is it a duck? is it a beaver? no, perry the platypus!!!
neonWHALE002 1 year ago
its so ugly its cute
pretzil16 1 year ago
very lucky there!!
you guys were so kind by not bothering him by picking him up or by moving period.
bless you.
if only there were more people like you
Calpico852 1 year ago
Why did it seem tame? xD I sure hope it wasn't a male :)
tuberoako777 1 year ago
It's Perry! Perry the platypus!!!!
loodle56 1 year ago
No lets get this straight. If there were 20 platypus swimming, its still platypus. Doesnt matter what you have heard. I am friends with Australia's formost expert in these matters.
glebe3047 1 year ago
Noway you guys are so lucky. I am from Sydney and regually go to a place to watch platypus and see many of them all day long. There is noway I could get this close to the ones where I go. No I wont be telling where I go.
glebe3047 1 year ago
where did you see it?
rockyfreak0063 1 year ago
He's so busy and bustling! A critter with a mission!
phrannest 1 year ago
he's so Cute,I want to have one!:))
kevin909211 1 year ago
DUDE DONT U KNOW!?! platypuses have poisenese claws in there hind legs and if u did one little thing to bother it, u would probably be dead xD good thing you didnt move...
s2l2n27 1 year ago
there poisonus ya know o_O
allrapmusic100 1 year ago
Too bad it didn't make a platypus sound, I'd like to hear the sound of an actual platypus
sihplak 1 year ago
i ant to touch it!...come here perry!
milarox1999 1 year ago
Platypus' are poisonous mammals. They have a claw located beneath their webbed feed. It's more common in males [hence why you should ALWAYS hold a platypus by the tail when picking it up, not like a dog].
theaznfishy 1 year ago
wow i never knew they were so small
tokenking420 1 year ago
platypi are poisonous i read it in a book a year or so back
nashfan381 1 year ago
I love platypuses, but arent they dangerous? Because i think i heard somewhere that there back claws are poisonous...
MrRockinriley 1 year ago
@MrRockinriley Yeah, only the males though. They could get lucky =]
RPCameraShy 1 year ago
Dude platypuses r my favorite animal, I want 2 see 1 in personal so badly
D3ciever 1 year ago
Oh, THERE you are, Perry!
tlakebandgeek 1 year ago
Wer r u
LEANN1000 1 year ago
im doing platypuses for my animal report.THEY ARE CUTE!!!!!!!!
pena1526 1 year ago
@pena1526 me too!
ImSoCuteUrSoNot 1 year ago
oooh yea!! platypuses/platpi are adorable, just not that able to get close to
smartiestar96 1 year ago
:))
knierymeansfox 1 year ago
perry the platypus lol
redeyedman2 1 year ago
I am pleased with this Platypus encounter.
Dyne 1 year ago 13
Imma p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-platypus!
Krakdown88 1 year ago 4
Uhhh cutest fury little bastard Ever!
TanbjergFilms 1 year ago
So cute! Where were you that you found him?
tall32guy 1 year ago
theres only ONe word for this! and this is: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW
Caitshybabes 1 year ago
hi perry tell ferb i said hi
Taintedaire 2 years ago
dubidubiduba dubidubiduba PERRY!
danilosierrac 1 year ago
thats cool if they will swim up by you and wont swim away. i realy want 2 take a trip to australia to look at he wildlife.
TheWeirdC 2 years ago
he is ssssssoooooooo cute!! :)
bobby102219 2 years ago 3
cute little tubby creature, but shouldn't they watch out for the spike?
shorty2naughty 2 years ago 3
@shorty2naughty Yeah probably. Only the males have them, so if this is a male then yeah, they should have watched out. lol
tall32guy 1 year ago
aww he's so cute! ^ ^
PokeWinterLatias 2 years ago 3
they are weird looking!
PrincessLPS1 2 years ago
its perry perry the Platypus
banoonoo5 2 years ago
Mother nature has a sense of humor.
fkylw 2 years ago 30
it likes you so much! if i were you i would take it home and take good care of it and name it perry :)
KTropikra 2 years ago
LOL PERRY
vwlolfordlol 2 years ago
SO CUTE
mrslair 2 years ago
male platypus have venom???!!! wow i just lerned something amazing :-D
alston2reel 2 years ago
oh they're really freaky creatures i love them
starshadowgirl88 2 years ago 4
OMG you are so lucky I love platypi and would do anything to touch one XD *faints*
mrchesee 2 years ago 40
anything
malletboo 2 years ago
@mrchesee you dont want to touch back hide legs they have stinger in back there legs
jman19mwi 1 year ago
@jman19mwi I dont plan on going back there anyway....
XD
mrchesee 1 year ago
@mrchesee ME TOOO! i love them. so adorable.
theplatypii 1 year ago
@mrchesee is that the actual plural for platypus? I didn't really know but I called them platypi anyway ahaha
neonWHALE002 1 year ago
Are you guys out of your mind?? What if the platypus attacked with its venom??
musicloverboi 2 years ago 2
Eh, that usually only happens in the mating season when the males are all lucking for a fight followed by a chick to screw. Also i dont think the babies have venom developed at that age.
TravisTouchself 2 years ago 2
then you would be hurt very bad unless it was a girl then it wouldnt even have any venom... unless it was a baby.. oh well
XxMarine42xX 2 years ago
aww no fair you got to touch it!! i love them they're soo cute!! i want one!! but my fav animal is the tiger..and i love tigers more..they are soo much cuter!! but i still love the platypus!! XD
dillonXOXO 2 years ago
male platypus have venom in them so they could poison you if you get close enough.
NinjaPigz 2 years ago
how do you tame them without being poisoned?Thats awesome!
gvhju 2 years ago
The female platypus is not venomous. I am not sure if that's a female or not, but however the male is venomous. if it where a male they should be very careful.
Chinimini 2 years ago
male platypus are not deadly to humans but it can cause excruciating pain for many days or months
Gmanshuffle 2 years ago
get a female
fredrocks222 2 years ago
Tuvistes lucky not to be attacked by their venom so good if the animal is male.
dragonite136 2 years ago
it is a baby, if it were to use its venom which it hardly will use, it would not be as painfull as it would be from a full grown adult.
but i agree
TheProffesor10 2 years ago
I have a female in captivity is nevertheless Ahun speaking like a baby attacked me with their venom leei recently that the poison disappears in all adult females to make me wonder if the pattern looks like an aquarium sell their habit
dragonite136 2 years ago
it dissapears around the age of two correct?
do they keep the spurs or do they just fall out?
i began to research them just this june.
are you allowed to keep them in captivity?
and can you get some vids up on youtube of it?
TheProffesor10 2 years ago
One question that I knew nobody was answering the platypus are endangered
dragonite136 2 years ago
yeah i know, austrailia is pretty strict about the platypus, like its illegal to take em outta the country.
TheProffesor10 2 years ago
When you change the water and the food I give him a day?
dragonite136 2 years ago
1. thought u said it was a girl
2. this conversation is all over this page, wanna take it to PM or profile comment?
3. either way u r lucky
TheProffesor10 2 years ago
I know my friend is opsessed with playtypus so much than he gets called a playtpus nerd. But he is really carefull about that he says and he knows almost everything about them.
NinjaPigz 2 years ago
Comment removed
dragonite136 2 years ago
dude they are so cool!!!!
hernanesparza 2 years ago
I WANT ONE!!
sonasanad 2 years ago
Two words: Cute as!
LovinThePlatypus 2 years ago
oh my god..
it's sooo sweet!! I love them.
i'm so sad that there are no duckbills in germany!!
I love them so much and i wrote a class test about the evolution and there have been some questions about duckbills, too^^
KarimHappel 2 years ago
I YIKE HIM!
Mwahahaha.
I love those things! ^.^
CRUSHEDbyYOU 2 years ago
Awsome vid!! Amazing that you caught the little guy on tape :)
sabin512 2 years ago
They're adorable, and you are so lucky to have the little tyke interact with you like that. What a treat! He even let you stroke him a bit.
I was surprised by how small they are as well, I thought they were so much larger until I saw him in between the persons legs.
Very neat experience. :D
Vanessas1969 3 years ago
simply=amazing!
slimgoose2 3 years ago
he is sooooooooooo cute! i tottaly am gonna move to australia and get a pet platypus!
otis010101 3 years ago 2
man thats one cute platypus...i thought he was big till i saw ur hand there.....nice and rare vid...good job
Timo3ino 3 years ago
I`m obsessed with Platypuses!
Doodle33433 3 years ago
aww... too cute!
capo1990 3 years ago
cool
sssdfrfwrgr 3 years ago
weird, I thought they're shy by nature. I wish I could get close to one like that.
Ketsuname 3 years ago
woah wtf thats weird. is that like a wildlife place or something >.>
Canadarokz 3 years ago
i want one, but they have venomous spurs on their feet :/ and strictly wild/ protected
Canadarokz 3 years ago
Only the males have venomous spurs. The females are alright.
I want one too. The platypus is my favorite animal of all time - but I have to settle for my two stuffed platypi named Ludwig and Frank N' Furter.
Harlot13 3 years ago
i want a platypus xD
XVi3txBoiX 3 years ago
omg platypi are the most poisonous mamals
missnewcrazy 3 years ago
they're the only venomous mammals...
ZenJestr 3 years ago 4
YYYoooo!!! You know that, that platypus could really hurt you
maxieiscute101 3 years ago
both female and male r born with posinous spurs but females shed theres in 3 months but there so cute
monkychick55 3 years ago
i didnt know that it was that small
mahbool82 3 years ago
that...was..awesome!
tywood2022 3 years ago
2 bad i stay in singapore os else i do wan a platypus n breed dem
peugene10 3 years ago
name him platy... lol i want one!
triforceman12 3 years ago
you could of took it lolz i want one O.o
XVi3tNaMeSeBoiX 3 years ago
omg your so luckyyy!!!!!!!!!
i want a pet platypus :]
Roarrissa 3 years ago
i know arent they just sso cute! im gonna name mine perry! jk if i had one i would name it platy
blaky8602 3 years ago
i'd name mine...George the platypus
>:D
Roarrissa 3 years ago
youre pretty brave if it was male u could have died lmao... ya
electricsoulja 3 years ago
good footage...but you do know that the platypus is poisonous right? im not sure that petting was a very smart thing to do...
iKlay 3 years ago
wow he is not afraid of human beings most animals r
Darthblade64 3 years ago
peep my screen name
Platypii=godz
amaleplatypus 3 years ago
Woah so small and tiny, cute little critters!
CtrlDPredator 3 years ago
i would have picked him uo and kept him lol
Darthblade64 3 years ago
me 2!!!!!! there sooo awesome!!!!!!! XD
XxMarine42xX 3 years ago
they have poisonous glands in their front feet. :) you wouldn't die if it were a female, just injured-- but it male....
WWideKAT 3 years ago
They are poisonous 'Spurs', and they are on the end toe of each of the back feet of MALE platypus, females don't have them.
You weren't far off though, it's good to warn people.
aaronz101 3 years ago
I couldn't contain myself if I were you. I would start screaming and squealing because of the horribly emmense ammount of cuteness radiating about the creature.
XxMissNoNamexX 3 years ago
your brave to encounter a platypus and all =P
there deadly i should no
DuhPlatypusMan 3 years ago
You're very brave to let it get so close, if it was male it could easily kill you or put you in excrutiating pain if it felt threatened by you. Bloody cute-looking venomous mammals!
GLaDOS2 3 years ago 3
i doubt they'd kill an adult human... just hurts, a lot.
smallpenis1 3 years ago
i cant believe it swam right up to ya. u were a little braver than i would be by touching him.
9500ryan 3 years ago
i want to go to austrailia, steal a platypus, and take it home with me. I WANT ONE SO FRIGGEN BAD. they are so adorable!
xxXxxRAWRRxxXxx 3 years ago
its so fat and cute. i want one o-o
ScarlitoBandito 3 years ago
Hey Its Perry The Platypus :D jk
marielalexandreea 3 years ago
PLATYPUS ARE POISONIS DONT BELIEVE ME CHECK ON WIKIPEIDIA.
THere lik my fav animal
BrambleStar1323 3 years ago
... I could go on Wikipeidia and alter the definition to dog to "BrambleStar1323".
don't believe everything that's on there.
and -- I wasn't insulting you. just giving an example. =]
StellaKatherine 3 years ago
well that is true that Wikipeidia is VERY unreliable but BrambleStar1323 is correct Platypus are in fact poisinous they have spurs on their back legs that secret poisin. they also found the DNA in platypus to be mammal, bird, and reptile. all three it has common DNA. very interesting ^-^
ChaoticDraco 3 years ago
males are but yeah i would be scared cuz that
ailenpangwin 3 years ago
i bet he is thinking where is my mother?? is this feet my mother?
am i born a dug billed feet?
MTVasiaROCKS 3 years ago
SO CUTE!!! XD
indusvalley64 3 years ago
Those things are endangered right? I want to find one.
minitacomanofdoom 3 years ago
they arent endangered. but they are only found in austrailia
blshak1023 3 years ago
my dream goal is to be a true american gladiator, find an original copy of my neighbor totoro, and to serve side by side with captain kirk to wipe out klingons
Crusadersfutbol 3 years ago
Erm, I can give you a DVD copy of my VHS copy of My Neighbor Totoro... Dust bunnies...
minitacomanofdoom 3 years ago
wtf is my neighbor totoro?
TheProffesor10 3 years ago
It's a really weird movie about two kids and a GIANT HORRIBLE CAT THING!!!
minitacomanofdoom 3 years ago
my two life goals:
*hold the stanley cup above my head on ice.
*pet a platypus w/o being stung
IM SO JEALOUS!
its a weee baby!
TheProffesor10 3 years ago
only adults have poison it said in the authors notes that it was a baby
Crusadersfutbol 3 years ago
even so, they only are poisonous during mating season.
which it wasnt at that time
TheProffesor10 3 years ago
are you stupid or what?!?thoes are poisen!
blancajaq 3 years ago
You TOUCHED it!? Bargfashfgjfkasld! I'm jealous!
ragnarok9899 3 years ago
PROOF that god has a sense of humor
valmatazz 3 years ago
ahh!!! can i but one? jk
buhrrito 3 years ago
I WILL TAKE THAT PLATYPUS AND NAME HIM GEORGIA. OR DEBBIEE!! :D.
platypies are fuckinng random and funny
dothaCkdotswaCk 3 years ago
can't they kill you or somethin'?
bbforumsjx 3 years ago