[HN Gopher] The mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was...
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       The mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was unsolved until
       now
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2025-08-03 13:35 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | pimlottc wrote:
       | Worth reading just for the discovery of the word "platypusary"
        
         | OisinMoran wrote:
         | I'm an even bigger fan of "platypups"!
        
         | raverbashing wrote:
         | Also "platypus attendant"
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         | But in the end the cause of death didn't bring me any comfort
        
       | gjsman-1000 wrote:
       | A platypus? Winston the platypus?
        
       | comrade1234 wrote:
       | "platypusary"
       | 
       | -note to self, do a google image search when I'm no longer at
       | work for "platypusary".
        
       | throw4747935 wrote:
       | The lede is buried, tl;dr: During WWII, a platypus named Winston
       | Churchill was shipped from Australia to the UK (on behalf of its
       | namesake). On the last leg of the journey, after the panama
       | canal, the platypus nursery got too hot (above 27 degrees
       | Celsius) and the platypus died.
        
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