Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Platypus update: things are going swimmingly with Eve and Birra.

It may look like our popular platy's eyes are open underwater, but they're not. Platypuses close their eyes and ears when underwater and let the 40,000 electroreceptors in their snouts do the sensing.

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