Yes I know they are but once you start to actually look into their evolutionary traits you reconsider everything you thought you knew.

Why do they sweat milk? Why do they have venomous spurs with no possible anti-venom or regular predators? Why are they B I O L U M I N E S C E N T? also other than hunting why can they sense everything underwater that send off a mild or even faint electric signal? How did they evolve to be like this? Did whatever god of evolution out there just hit random on all traits? How did Phineas and Ferb even manage to get one? 

Feel free to share your own stupid evolution facts or theories. Respectfully of course. Have a nice day, or night, or fifth dimensional radiation storm. 

Phineas and Ferb got Perry the platypus from a 'pet shop'

Interestingly, you are actually asking the exact opposite question you should be asking.  Platypus and echidnas are part of an extremely old line of mammals, with other mammals diverging from their order over a hundred million years ago.  A lot of their “weird” traits, such as laying eggs, to venomous spines, to their method of milk dispersion, are all extremely old evolutionary traits found relatively commonly in the earliest mammals.

The question thus is not “why did the platypus evolve this way?” as their body structure is closer to the original.  The real question is “why did most every other mammal abandon these traits, and why did the platypus not?”

That comes down to a lot of factors, but, at its most simple, there was not really any need for the platypus (and similar echidna) to change.  Their habitat was relatively isolated and static both in terms of predator and pray, providing less of a need for more efficiency in the form of live birth or more developed mammary glands. 

Also, they are not bioluminescent - they fluoresce under UV light (such as a black light).  That is extremely common across the animal kingdom, and the platypus is hardly unique even among mammals.

To sum, the issue is less that the evolved to be like they are, and more that we evolved to be different.  From the platypus’ perspective, we, and other mammals, are the weird ones - we are the new interlopers who rejected the path of our ancestors, while the platypus and echidna stayed the course. 

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Interestingly, you are actually asking the exact opposite question you should be asking.  Platypus and echidnas are part of an extremely old line of mammals, with other mammals diverging from their order over a hundred million years ago.  A lot of their “weird” traits, such as laying eggs, to venomous spines, to their method of milk dispersion, are all extremely old evolutionary traits found relatively commonly in the earliest mammals.

The question thus is not “why did the platypus evolve this way?” as their body structure is closer to the original.  The real question is “why did most every other mammal abandon these traits, and why did the platypus not?”

That comes down to a lot of factors, but, at its most simple, there was not really any need for the platypus (and similar echidna) to change.  Their habitat was relatively isolated and static both in terms of predator and pray, providing less of a need for more efficiency in the form of live birth or more developed mammary glands. 

Also, they are not bioluminescent - they fluoresce under UV light (such as a black light).  That is extremely common across the animal kingdom, and the platypus is hardly unique even among mammals.

To sum, the issue is less that the evolved to be like they are, and more that we evolved to be different.  From the platypus’ perspective, we, and other mammals, are the weird ones - we are the new interlopers who rejected the path of our ancestors, while the platypus and echidna stayed the course. 

 Touché. Also sorry about the mistake on the fluorescence part.

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Interestingly, you are actually asking the exact opposite question you should be asking.  Platypus and echidnas are part of an extremely old line of mammals, with other mammals diverging from their order over a hundred million years ago.  A lot of their “weird” traits, such as laying eggs, to venomous spines, to their method of milk dispersion, are all extremely old evolutionary traits found relatively commonly in the earliest mammals.

The question thus is not “why did the platypus evolve this way?” as their body structure is closer to the original.  The real question is “why did most every other mammal abandon these traits, and why did the platypus not?”

That comes down to a lot of factors, but, at its most simple, there was not really any need for the platypus (and similar echidna) to change.  Their habitat was relatively isolated and static both in terms of predator and pray, providing less of a need for more efficiency in the form of live birth or more developed mammary glands. 

Also, they are not bioluminescent - they fluoresce under UV light (such as a black light).  That is extremely common across the animal kingdom, and the platypus is hardly unique even among mammals.

To sum, the issue is less that the evolved to be like they are, and more that we evolved to be different.  From the platypus’ perspective, we, and other mammals, are the weird ones - we are the new interlopers who rejected the path of our ancestors, while the platypus and echidna stayed the course. 

 Are you a biologist?

my personal theory is that pladopedes were invented during the cold war, because back then they were shoveling money at anything vaguely weapon-related, but the pladopedes proved to difficult to contain, so they followed the bristish's example and shipped them off to Australia, where their popuiation exploded, and the governments collectively gaslit us into thinking they were always there

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my personal theory is that pladopedes were invented during the cold war, because back then they were shoveling money at anything vaguely weapon-related, but the pladopedes proved to difficult to contain, so they followed the bristish's example and shipped them off to Australia, where their popuiation exploded, and the governments collectively gaslit us into thinking they were always there

 

 amazing theory

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my personal theory is . . .  

Given your post is clearly meant as a joke, I am not going to respond to the substance.  However, I do implore you to think a little bit about the implications of "jokes" you are making prior to posting. 

The platypus unique physiology was recognized by aboriginal cultures in Australia, featuring prominently in many creation myths of various tribal groups.  Given its unique nature, the general themes of these myths tend to be stories of misfits trying to find their own place in the world, forging their own path despite the expectations of other groups.  They are cute little stories that most people can relate to at some point in their life, which is one of the reasons platypodes were given a sacred status by many groups, including being fairly popular totem animals.

At its core, your "joke" is essentially writing off thousands of years of aboriginal culture for a cheep internet laugh.  The inherent implication of your "joke" is that the longstanding culture of these peoples was a fabrication by Western governments, and that those who still believe these creation myths only do so because they were gaslit by the government.  This is an extremely problematic implication given the history of Aboriginal treatment in Australia--they have been systemically targeted for cultural erasure and forced adoption of Western culture by the Western government, so the "joke" implicitly is invoking this extremely problematic history. 

I do not think that was your intention at all - and understand this was probably a joke shot from the hip.  I also want to be clear, this particular post is not intended to insult or attack you, but merely provide some additional perspective and encouragement to think twice before you post so you avoid accidently playing into some harmful implications.

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my personal theory is . . .  

Given your post is clearly meant as a joke, I am not going to respond to the substance.  However, I do implore you to think a little bit about the implications of "jokes" you are making prior to posting. 

The platypus unique physiology was recognized by aboriginal cultures in Australia, featuring prominently in many creation myths of various tribal groups.  Given its unique nature, the general themes of these myths tend to be stories of misfits trying to find their own place in the world, forging their own path despite the expectations of other groups.  They are cute little stories that most people can relate to at some point in their life, which is one of the reasons platypodes were given a sacred status by many groups, including being fairly popular totem animals.

At its core, your "joke" is essentially writing off thousands of years of aboriginal culture for a cheep internet laugh.  The inherent implication of your "joke" is that the longstanding culture of these peoples was a fabrication by Western governments, and that those who still believe these creation myths only do so because they were gaslit by the government.  This is an extremely problematic implication given the history of Aboriginal treatment in Australia--they have been systemically targeted for cultural erasure and forced adoption of Western culture by the Western government, so the "joke" implicitly is invoking this extremely problematic history. 

I do not think that was your intention at all - and understand this was probably a joke shot from the hip.  I also want to be clear, this particular post is not intended to insult or attack you, but merely provide some additional perspective and encouragement to think twice before you post so you avoid accidently playing into some harmful implications.

 no, I'm fully aware of everything you've brought up, and yes, I just wanted to make up the wildest story I could while maintaining the vague veneer of plausibility. I'm sorry if I have offended you, or anyone else