Kleine Erfrischung

Below is my collection of platypuses, my favorite animal. I don't think I am an enthusiastic collecter; thankfully, most of them are given by my friends as a present or as a souvenir.

Patti (left) and Puddle, both are sold at Ty shop . They are what I received from different friends.

Ty 's Patti on a coin (head and tail)

Winnie the Pooh in a stuffed platypus suit, perhaps bought in Hong Kong.

Playpus pin made in Australia, but found in Japan.

Origami Duck-Billed Platypus, designed by Anita Barbour

Stuffed platypus , perhaps one of my best friends found at a shop in Japan.

Paper Weight (?), made in Australia

Stuffed Platypus "Cappuccino", producted by Mon Seuil Co. Ltd. in Japan.

Stuffed Platypus, made in Australia

Emma, producted as duck by NICI AG , Germany, but sold as a platypus in Japan

Stuffed Platypus, sold in Australia with a kangaroo and a wombat

Kamonohashikamo, sold by San-X , Japan. This platypus is umbilicate, although it is an egg-laying monotreme.

Platypus Mug, my friend gave me.

Platypus Dish, my friend gave me.

Platypus Coaster, my friend gave me.

		カモノハシくんはどこ?―生きものの分類学入門 (福音館のかがくのほん)
In a flea market where Bam and Kero visited, a platypus, named "Yan," seems to sell chinese food at a stand. (in Yuka Shimada , Bam to Kero no Okaimono , Bunkeido, 1999, in Japanese.)	A platypus gets out of the bullet train with a lot of passengers , which the main character "Kumata" was waiting to take. (in Shigeo Watanabe and Yasuo Otomo, " Boku Shinkansen ni Nottannda ," Akane-Shobo, 1981, in Japanese)	The main caracter platypus felt left out, but finally fitted in with his classmates, and received the "best friend" prize. (in Gerald Stehr and Willi Glasauer, MAIS OU EST DONC ORNICAR? , l'ecole des loisirs, 2000 / Japanese version is translated by Mariko Kono, 2002)
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