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We had a little golden book about a platypus that my sisters and I adored when we were small - he didn't fit in anywhere and finally ran off to join a circus. Growing up in Aotearoa, where we have very few land mammals, a platypus certainly seemed like a made up creature, but the world of animals and in particular monotremes (more about that in the songbook) is just incredible, and this song tries to communicate just a few interesting facts about platypus that curious kids might like to learn. They are more than just 'curiosities' - they are incredible! (even if their poisonous talons are a little scary!)

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Poisonous talons, swim with our eyes closed
Electromagnetic senses in our nose
Burrows in the river banks, two layers of fur
Bill like a duck, swim like a fish
Do you know who we are?

Semi aquatic egg laying mammals
Furry like an otter, paddle shaped tail
We only eat meat not plants
Cos we’re carnivores
Watch out beetles and swimming snails
Cicadas and shrimp and tadpoles tails

We are the platypus
We are not a curiosity
We are just the only living ones of our kind

We’re quite mysterious
We’re platypus

Mammals that lay eggs are quite unusual
Platypus babies we are called puggles
Underneath the water our fur can glow
Why on earth this happens - no one knows

We are the platypus
We are not a curiosity
We are just the only living ones of our kind

We’re quite mysterious
We’re platypus

(Ooh)
We are the platypus (ooh)
We are not a curiosity (ooh)
We are just the only living ones of our kind
(ooh)
We’re quite mysterious

We are the platypus (ooh)
We are the platypus (ooh)
We are the platypus

We’re quite mysterious

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from Sing For The Earth - Little Wild Animals, released December 9, 2022

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Claudia Robin Gunn Auckland, New Zealand

Claudia Robin Gunn makes sweet smart songs for cool kind kids that celebrate the magic in every extraordinary day of childhood. With warm, uplifting melodies, her lyrics are infused with wonder and an over-arching sense of safety and love. This little wild world of adventure and magic is one that you would wish for any child.

Heart, humour, and heaps of fun.
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