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The mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was unsolved until now

comrade1234

"platypusary"

-note to self, do a google image search when I'm no longer at work for "platypusary".

pimlottc

Worth reading just for the discovery of the word “platypusary”

OisinMoran

I'm an even bigger fan of "platypups"!

raverbashing

Also "platypus attendant"

But in the end the cause of death didn't bring me any comfort

gjsman-1000

A platypus? Winston the platypus?

throw4747935

The lede is buried, tl;dr: During WWII, a platypus named Winston Churchill was shipped from Australia to the UK (on behalf of its namesake). On the last leg of the journey, after the panama canal, the platypus nursery got too hot (above 27 degrees Celsius) and the platypus died.