I want to watch a video of a platypus hatching

Search: platypus hatching; echidna hatching

Why: The other morning, Chandler said, "I sleep standing up! and-" and then - in unison - we both said, "I only eat at night!" He was very "How do you know that??" and "What is that even from???" and it was from this Wildlife Treasury commercial, which we both watched probably on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.

The duck-billed platypus has feet like a duck, but it's furry. Now it's all I can think about.

Answer: Well, I can't find a video of a platypus hatching, BUT! I did find this. Watch it, and then we'll talk about what we've learned:

Source: YouTube

The More You Know: Facts about echidnas and platypodes!

1. Mammals that lay eggs are called monotremes. There are 5 extant species of monotremes (4 of which are echidnas - there is only one species of platypus [duck-billed]).
2. Echidnas have pouches. Most animals that have pouches are marsupials (literally "having a pouch"), but echidnas are not marsupials. Platypodes do not have pouches.
3. Echidnas lay one egg at a time. They keep their little baby blobs in their pouches for 7 weeks until they grow skin. Then the moms drop the babies off in burrows, which they visit every few days. They care for and nurse their little baby blobs for 5-6 months.
4. Monotreme egg shells are leathery, kind of like reptile eggs. An embryo grows an egg tooth that it uses to break out of the shell, kind of like a bird or I guess a reptile.
5. BABY ECHIDNAS ARE CALLED PUGGLES OMG. There is no official name for a baby platypus, but you could probably get away with calling it a puggle.
6. For a little while, right after hatching, echidna puggles breathe through their skin. They also kind of look like tardigrades.
7. Monotremes don't have nipples, but adapted pores that excrete milk on their tummies.
8. Platypodes are born with teeth, but they drop off over time. Echidnas never have teeth (except the egg teeth).
9. The male echidna has a four-headed penis. During mating, the heads on one side "shut down" and do not grow in size; the other two are used to release semen into the girl's hoo-ha. The heads used swap each time it bangs. Click here to see the four-headed echidna penis because you are a pervert. (Here too.)