[Jeff Chandler]

Ah yeah, the platypus. A creature designed by committee.

[ridesthemiles]

ALONG WITH CAMELS

[Ciaphas Cain]

I hate the platypus. A mammal that lays eggs just isn't right.

I believe that the animals of this world were designed by God to be beautiful to Him. But boy, He sure went extra wacky when it came to populating Australia.

[Seruzawa]

It was designed by alien bioengineers to demonstrate that the planet was engineered by higher intelligence and not a result of random evolution. There is probably some bioengineers signature somewhere in the DNA. Along with the message, “Ha ha, the joke’s on you earthlings.”