Platypuses Aren’t Weird, You Are

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Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we’re even both mammals. But I have news for you – when it comes to mammal lifestyles, monotremes aren’t the weirdos. You are. Really, we al are. Here’s why monotremes like platypuses and echidnas are normal, actually, and placental mammals are the oddballs.

Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him)

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The First Known Story Ever Written | analysing the Epic of Gilgamesh

hey kids time for ur bedtime story

00:00 intro
1:36 the written word
3:12 versions of the text
The Epic of Gilgamesh
5:40 TABLET I
13:44 TABLET II
17:35 TABLET V
20:01 TABLET VI
24:49 TABLET VII
29:00 TABLET VIII
31:19 TABLET IX
36:05 TABLET X
41:44 TABLET XI
51:15 The end
The States of Being
53:46 ANIMAL
57:21 MAN
1:00:26 GOD

source?
https://open.substack.com/pub/figtree…

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The disturbing time capsule in one bird nest

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Wintergatan | Marbles playing Animusic

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Amanda Magalhães | A party in the sky for Mujica ❤️ #remix #mujica

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Anastasia Pshokina  | “It’s my birthday, yeeey!🥹🎂 song: “Zero a Cem” by amazing brazilian artists @osgarotin @anchietx #bassistsofinstagram”

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A. Benato on Instagram: Nanã is not in a hurry. She’s already seen everything #orixás #candomblé #umbanda #espiritualidade

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One of the longest and most perfect domino that took 10 years to make

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Guys, I think I found a Pokémon…

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“Only a single wooden bridge connected the bustling merchant city to the outside… “

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