Echidna!

[eyeteeth]

Sure, everyone's gone "WTF" over the platypus, but what about its even weirder cousin the echidna (also known more descriptively as the spiny anteater)? Together, they are the only surviving examples of the oldest mammals ever to exist, the monotremes. Monotremes have fur, and some of them sometimes have pouches in which their young develop, but

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[hardfucker]

knuckles is an echidna

[slash_kitten]

Echidnas, just like platpuses, just... don't make sense. It's like someone flipped a coin on each decision.

They're awesome.

[tetrabinary]

LOL@"free demo version"

[blasphemusfish]

Ohgod the penis.
Koalas have forked penises actually. And two thumbs. weird.

[eyeteeth]

Two thumbs on each paw?

[blasphemusfish]

Oh yeah. I should have mentioned XD

[eyeteeth]

I was thinking, That's not so exciting... :D

Does it have thumbs on its back paws too? I've wondered if more than one thumb per hand would make life easier, but you'd need corresponding brain parts to keep track of all that grasping and pretty soon it adds up to evolutionary expense.

[nonamouse]

Oh man, that's so weird :D Maybe they will be one of my new favorite animals.