Emily is about as confused as this creature, originally dubbed Ornithorhynchus paradoxus by European naturalists.
(Photo source: Zoos Victoria website)
Murder solved. But one sister is missing, and another is slipping away. Emily Fisher can’t seem to catch a break. And the Divine only knows what the High Council of the Children of the New Revelation has in mind for her. So Emily’s life takes another paradoxical turn in “Trouble is not always where you find it,” chapter 43 of Prophecies and Penalties.
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Hey, poor old Duck-billed Platypus, he’s just a ‘cross-over’ beast, the pre-mammal’s version of a transvestite. Though, yeh, you could be right; he’s a bit muddled.
I have a long and lasting affection for the critter. I even made a small wooden sculpture once that was supposed to be a platypus. Everyone who sees it thinks it’s a duck. 😦
Me too, partial to the beast – which is why I jumped to his defence. Or is it a she?
Unknown. The source did not say.